Resurrecting Amaranth

The communities and researchers working together to bring it back.

There’s something that I heard tortilla evangelist Rafa Mier say, which I mentioned in my story about Central American food last month, that I keep thinking about. He said, “It’s very expensive to invest in the infrastructure to preserve maize.” This is something that is definitely true for corn, though I think this idea extends far beyond just one ingr…