http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/21/15800323-black-vegans-making-life-hard-for-poor-peruvians Comments On: Black Vegans Making Life Hard for Poor Peruvians by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by readallabouddit]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:59:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:28:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Spike1382]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:56:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by rcrantz]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:01:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by thatsnotright]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:38:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by nah]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:32:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Chris Jury]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:57:47 -0800 The Stranger The article you link in your original post, however... that's an opinion piece ("Comment is free") by a grandstanding food writer, and her vegan-baiting is based on misinformation—like, that certain "pesky" amino acids are so hard to come by that vegans have to either eat quinoa or take supplements—and a comical inflation of vegan numbers and influence. (She also pointed out that vegans are destroying the world by eating soy, though Guardian editors added a note clarifying that 97% of soy is used for livestock feed.)
That's not journalism, that's trolling.

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Posted by Banjax]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:23:05 -0800 The Stranger
@12 - You are SO Seattle. And that's *not* a compliment.
Posted by Confluence]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:30:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:06:09 -0800 The Stranger http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2013/jan…

"Averaging $3,115 (£1,930) per tonne in 2011, quinoa has tripled in price since 2006. Coloured varieties fetch even more. Red royal quinoa sells at about $4,500 a tonne and the black variety can reach $8,000 per tonne. The crop has become a lifeline for the people of Bolivia's Oruro and Potosi regions, among the poorest in what is one of South America's poorest nations."

this is the guardian. i think the debunking of this story is a myth...
Posted by Charles Mudede]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:56:47 -0800 The Stranger
It's interesting how the Guardian was able to pique peoples' interest in an old story by re-framing it ever so slightly, because now it's all over the internet ("Smug" is the 3rd word in MSN's blog post referencing the Guardian article). People really love to hate vegans.
Posted by blip]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:40:40 -0800 The Stranger
(No, I don't know if they are white, hippy, or vegan, just as you don't know who buys quinoa in this country. Dope.)
Posted by rabbitbrush]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:33:03 -0800 The Stranger
Not only that this price theory story was already debunked in the NYT.
Posted by tkc]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:31:55 -0800 The Stranger
That's the beauty of being an American communist - you never have to bury your own family members when it fails.
Posted by Ian Smith]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:28:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by rabbitbrush]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:26:36 -0800 The Stranger Posted by raku]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:02:41 -0800 The Stranger Posted by AndyInChicago]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:56:01 -0800 The Stranger 2) So what's the solution? Eat less quinoa, and this will somehow make life measurably better for people? While not an expert, I'd assume the answer has more to do with tariffs and price controls (by their government and ours) than with people needing to eat less quinoa.

Worst. Marxist. Ever.
Posted by duffellduffell]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:52:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ryanmm]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:25:34 -0800 The Stranger
It's all fine and well to comment on a Slog blurb that American farmers should look into growing the stuff, but what can *I* do?
Posted by Agent Beryllium]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:24:18 -0800 The Stranger WSU has a big grant to study quinoa in the US. They've got trial fields growing in WA, OR, ID and a fourth state, maybe MT?
Posted by alight]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:18:30 -0800 The Stranger so offended.
Posted by Zebes]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:01:51 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sean]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:50:48 -0800 The Stranger
Don't you have anything better to do than get everyone riled up?
Posted by Rotten666]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:49:16 -0800 The Stranger