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Ancient quinoa seeds found in Ontario shed light on Indigenous trade

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By Janelle Baker January 17, 2019 - 10:31am

A mass of quinoa seeds excavated from an archeological dig at a Brantford, Ont., construction site has been identified as being 3,000 years old, raising questions about the extent of trade among Indigenous peoples at the time.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/quinoa-trading-brantford-1.4980974