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Originally Posted by Gwaihir [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't even think it's cheaper to produce. This past summer, I literally sprinkled a 3 finger pinch into 3 1" x 30" troughs spaced 6" apart in a raised bed, and it resulted in a veritable stand of growth. Less than 1/4 of 1oz of quinoa netted about 12 pounds. Fairly easy to pulverize into a gluten-free flour with a mortar and pestle, and you can pretty much eat the entire plant as well, although you would probably want to stick to newer growth like Okra, which tends to get really fiberous the longer you leave it on the stalk.

BTW, since Quinoa is a gluten-free grain, you would probably want to dry and pulverize Okra to use as a binding agent in a quinoa dough.

*deep thoughts here, closes eyes, meditates on this*