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Quinoa: A Plant with a Lot of Potential

August 16, 2013 Tanisha Greene, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

In February of this year, the United National declared 2013 the International Year of the Quinoa. Yet, I’m sure not many people have even heard of quinoa, let alone know about its nutritional qualities. Originating from Bolivia, Chile and Peru around 5,000 years ago, quinoa is a grain that is...

Food and Nutrition

School Breakfast Program in Bolivia Improves Children’s Health and Academic Performance

March 01, 2010 acampbell

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and in Bolivia, this couldn’t be truer. In Bolivia, more than 162,000 children in 2,240 schools ate what was likely their only meal five days a week thanks to a Project Concern International (PCI) program funded by USDA’s McGovern-Dole...

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