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Sweet lucuma was known as the tree of life and was a symbol of fertility for the Incas. It has many amazing health properties.

“We don't live where the corn grows, but instead we live up here with our alpacas and llamas,” says alpaca breeder, Guadalupe Calachua.

The harsh, seemingly inhospitable regions of the high Andes are full of glorious gifts to the world, and maca, a root vegetable in the mustard family, is among them.

Quinoa was a sacred crop to the Inca who referred to it as the mother of all grain, or chisma amaya. It continues to be sacred for their Quechua and Aymara descendants.

Quinoa is a modern-day superfood and a part of Andean indigenous culture, where it has a deep history rooted across the Andes.