Quinoa : Food for Astronauts

Quinoa

A BLESSING THAT SPROUTS FROM THE GROUND... View of a quinoa field in Cotimbora, Oruro, Bolivia, some 440 km from La Paz, on February 15, 2011. According to Epifanio Murana, director of the Quinoa Producers Association (ANAPQUI), the crop will become, due to its high nutritious value, an important food source in the future and NASA researchers consider it to be an exceptionally complete and balanced food quite adequate for astronauts. -- Picture

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