Peruvian root vegetable, suddenly popular, stars in gold rush

“A pungent, turnip-like vegetable called maca, heralded as a cancer-fighting superfood and sold on the shelves of supermarkets like Whole Foods,” is grown in the Andes in Peru and is the new global rock star of the food world, says the New York Times. Chinese buyers are bidding up the price of the root vegetable. There… » Read More

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