Western Vegans pricing Bolivians out of their staple diet, driving poverty

[Ax^]

Impressive amount of vitriol from some vegans in this thread,


Quite where you get the energy from I don't know

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Quite where you get the energy from I don't know

Quinoa

 

[likesfish]

Vegan bashing is niether big or clever But it is fun

 

[IC3D]

In principle I see nothing wrong with the article, if the Bolivian farmers aren't prepared for the increase in demand someone will exploit the shortfall in production in relatively tiny Bolivia

This might not be good news either from the U.N.
link

International Year of the Quinoa IYQ-2013

The year 2013 has been declared "The International Year of the Quinoa" (IYQ), recognizing the Andean indigenous peoples, who have maintained, controlled, protected and preserved quinoa as food for present and future generations thanks to their traditional knowledge and practices of living well in harmony with mother earth and nature.
The International Year of the Quinoa (IYQ) was proposed by the government of Bolivia, with support from Argentina, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Georgia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, and FAO, and approved by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2011. The Conference took note of the exceptional nutritional qualities of quinoa, its adaptability to different agro-ecological floors and its potential contribution in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.
Our vision

Quinoa is recognized and accepted around the world as a natural food resource with high nutritive value of Andean origin becoming a high quality food for health and food security, for present and future generations.
Our objective

The objective of the IYQ Plan is to focus world attention on the role that quinoa´s biodiversity and nutritional value plays, in providing food security and nutrition, the eradication of poverty in support of the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.

If you ask me I blame pseudo hippies.

 

[8ball]

Vegan bashing is niether big or clever But it is fun

It's not fair to pick on those too weak to fight back.

 

[fen_boy]

Keeenwaaaahhh or Kwinowa?

 

[spring-peeper]

Keeenwaaaahhh or Kwinowa?

Soy - rhymes with boy

 

[8ball]

Keeenwaaaahhh or Kwinowa?

Kanye.

 

[spring-peeper]

Kanye.

 

[IC3D]

I recommend toasting quinoa in a frying pan before you boil, it greatly improves the flavour.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I recommend toasting quinoa in a frying pan before you boil, it greatly improves the flavour.

I hear adding bacon does wonders for it.

 

[Ted Striker]

Vegan bashing is niether big or clever But it is fun

And you'll never get it as tender as meat.

 

[editor]

Its bullshit but alongvwith hitler was a vegan good ammo to throw at the po faced wankers*

That's certainly a very good example of bullshit. Hitler was not a vegan. Or a vegetarian, for that matter.

 

[IC3D]

I hear adding bacon does wonders for it.

I wouldn't know, I only eat game.

 

[editor]

Mainly coz they're too weak to chase after you due to their ridiculous diet.

Except you'd be left floundering in the dust and gasping for air like a big unhealthy lump of uselessness behind some vegan athletes.

I'd be careful about picking a fight with some of these "weak" vegans too.
http://www.pcrm.org/media/blog/june2012/vegan-boxer-tim-bradley-wins-welterweight-title

 

[editor]

Impressive amount of vitriol from some vegans in this thread,


Quite where you get the energy from I don't know

Not half as high as the levels of ignorance.

 

[editor]

It's not fair to pick on those too weak to fight back.

You'd get your lights knocked out by some vegan boxers.

 

[RaverDrew]

Coz vegans are an easy target.






Mainly coz they're too weak to chase after you due to their ridiculous diet.

What's ridiculous about it exactly ?

I'm not vegan myself, but if anything I see a non-vegan diet as being ridiculous tbh.

 

[8ball]

You'd get your lights knocked out by some vegan boxers.

Ah, the vegan boxers and the vegan athletes - the shock troops of offended veganism - I'm terrified.

 

[RaverDrew]

You'd get your lights knocked out by some vegan boxers.

Mike Tyson is vegan, I wouldn't want to be calling him "weak" to his face

 

[spring-peeper]

Mike Tyson is vegan, I wouldn't want to be calling him "weak" to his face

Isn't he the one who bit someones ear? Doesn't sound very vegan to me

 

[mr steev]

You'd get your lights knocked out by some vegan boxers.

they don't even need to be boxers. I know a vegan bloke around here who, if it wasn't for his restricted diet, would eat most people on here for breakfast (that's if they hadn't already fled from his large and quite intimidating stature)

 

[editor]

Ah, the vegan boxers and the vegan athletes - the shock troops of offended veganism - I'm terrified.

If you go around assuming you're automatically stronger than someone just because they don't share the same dietary choices as you, you may well find yourself getting a rude awakening one day from a "weak" vegan.

 

[8ball]

Isn't he the one who bit someones ear? Doesn't sound very vegan to me

That's a (sort of) relief - I saw a pic of him lately and thought he had cancer or something.

 

[editor]

The "all vegans are weak" line is such a tired, boring old cliché. I thought people here were usually smarter then that.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Globalization bites everyone in the ass eventually.

The next act in this will be that Canadian farmers will decide it would make a good crop for their climate there will be a glut of it on the market. That's still not good news for the Bolivians because they won't be able to compete to produce it at that price.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

What's ridiculous about it exactly ?

I'm not vegan myself, but if anything I see a non-vegan diet as being ridiculous tbh.

I just love food too much. It's one of lifes great pleasures. The idea of restricting it, having less tastes, textures, smells and so on simply dosen't compute.

 

[8ball]

The "all vegans are weak" line is such a tired, boring old cliché. I thought people here were usually smarter then that.

Indeed - old and boring joke.
If you weren't so quick to bite it might happen a lot less.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Indeed - old and boring joke.
If you weren't so quick to bite it might happen a lot less.

Vegans always bite at the jokes though.

Maybe they're hungry, I dunno.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Vegans always bite at the jokes though.

Maybe they're hungry, I dunno.

I don't know any vegans any more. They all went paleo on me.