On: Quinoa should be taking over the world. This is wh...

[nknighthb]

The part where even if that is true, there are other, cheaper staples. This should be a classic self-correcting problem. The world as a whole has gotten by on staples other than quinoa. Now that the market price of this particular local staple has skyrocketed, it can be sold in exchange for greater quantities of less-expensive staples used elsewhere.

If there is in fact a problem (and I do question its existence), I believe lukasb is looking for it in the wrong place.

[lukasb → nknighthb]

They don't have access to other, cheaper staples. These are geographically isolated farmers in countries with poor infrastructure.

[nknighthb → lukasb]

If the quinoa can get out, other things can get in.