How Farmers Grow Quinoa on the World's Harshest High-Altitude Farmlands

The journey of a quinoa grain begins in the terraced fields of the harsh Andean highlands—involving hand-sowing, protection against nighttime frost, harvesting with sickles, threshing, winnowing, washing away the bitter saponin coating, sun-drying, sorting, and finally, bagging for transport to markets and dining tables.