I added Quinoa to my diet about a year ago. You can usually also find it at the Big B Supermarket in Rendezvous. It’s kept on the shelf where you find the oatmeal porridge etc. It’s generally recommended that before cooking you give it a good rinse in water as there is sometimes a natural coating on the seeds that can provide a somewhat bitter taste to the product. Usually, but not always, that coating is removed before it is packaged, so just to be sure it doesn’t hurt to give it a rinse before putting it in the pot to cook. I find that when cooked the taste and texture is very much like couscous.

I would also suggest you look into a plant called the Empress tree. It grows very fast, has a very tight internal structure that provides a knot-free wood that is in demand for high-quality furniture. I’ve seen it growing at agricultural shows in Canada and it’s very impressive. I’m not giving you a great deal of information now because the Web can give you all you need and a contact here in Canada. I believe it originated in Asia. Take a look at it and decide for yourself. I haven’t done a lot of research on it but I think it might do very well in Barbados

One thing I will say, is what does the Agricultural Division do in Barbados (sit on their hands). I remember when I was living in Barbados in the 1960s they were a vibrant, active unit – I know, I know, sugar was King then but they did do good work with men like Mr. Herbert and others. Oh, to have Errol Barrow back, he was not a man to spend money wastefully on new a Court House (it looks like it belongs in Washington, D.C. not little Barbados) .He only spent the people’s money as he could afford it. To some degree, Barbados had it too good with tourism for 40 odd years during which time they let agriculture go the way of the Dodo bird.

Dr. Mercola interviews soil scientist Dr. Elaine Ingham (Founder of Soilfoodweb Inc., Chief Scientist Rodale Institute) on the importance of ensuring the soil had the correct micro-organisms, nutrients and structure to support the growth of crops, and how these factors can be adjusted using natural methods, obviating the need for chemical fertilizers, pesticides and Monsanto’s high-cost GMOs.

Getting to the Root of How GMO Plants Harm Food Production and Your Health

Dr. Mercola

Optimal health is one of my passions and nutrition is one of the best tools I know of on how to achieve it. But the key to getting healthy organic vegetables, of course, is the health of the soil in which it’s grown.

Research scientist Dr. Elaine Ingham1 is internationally recognized as an expert on the benefits of sustainable soil science.

She was formerly an associate professor at Oregon State University and well on her way to full-tenure professorship when her research on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) led to her being forced to resign.

The biotech industry, led by Monsanto, funds a large part of the budget for Oregon State University, and her findings were not welcome as it threatened the University’s funding.

Dr. Ingham went on to develop a company called Soil Foodweb Inc., which helps farmers and gardeners understand the health of their soil. The company analyzes soil samples and also helps develop a composting plan that is specifically targeted for the plants you’re seeking to grow.

She’s also the chief research scientist at Rodale Institute which I plan on personally visiting in the near future. I’ll provide you with some video of that visit afterwards.

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Well there are several kinds. The red one is best. More importantly grains and legumes, together, provide the spectrum of proteins. No meat is necessary. We’ve been vegans for 30 years. Greenie, you may want to soak your quinoa overnight and then roost it before a slow cook. Then is when you will enter into the kingdom of kingdoms (smile).

This sounds like a good export crop but getting Bajans to switch from rice will be as difficult as getting them to stop eating chicken wings and pig tails.

The Health food business is booming in North America.

Saw it at Trimart Haggatt Hall yesterday and apart from Super Centre Big B I have seen it at Warrens and JB’s but tends to sell quickly and not always on shelf.

Try eating it with bulgar. Beats rice any day. I personally, ate rice only twice in the last two months. I also now roast my cassava in the skin. Delicious!!! No more boiling for me.

I had the red quinoa in a salad with barley and alfafa sprouts at Mothers Day dinner last week at the NAC. It was a hit and the platter was constantly being replaced.

Barbados people must certainly do something – FAST. Sad that Barbados has no natural resources and its tourism ship is rapidly sinking; it’s chaotic there; it’s just a mess; Moody’s and the S&P says so. There are lots of theft there; the United Nations says it. Crime, in general is rising; crime against tourists is also rising. Barbados is no longer a desired desination, apparently and not safe.

@ david them two places you now mention is charge sooooo much for a cutter, i wonder how much of that increase could be absorbed by the current profit being made. We got to start talking numbers, math and data when we talking these things.

But wait so ham gin go up by how much?

Saw some at Emerald City over the weekend and a friend in the North says he has seen it at Jordan’s Speightstown.