Editing Quinoa (section)

==== United States ====
Quinoa has been cultivated in the United States, primarily in the high elevation [[San Luis Valley]] of [[Colorado]] where it was introduced in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.localfoodshift.pub/growing-quinoa-in-colorado-an-interview-with-paul-new-white-mountain-farm/ |date=February 19, 2016 |title=Growing Quinoa in Colorado: An interview with Paul New, White Mountain Farm |last=LeFrancois-Hanson |first=Zoe |website=Local Food Shift |access-date=8 February 2017 |archive-date=8 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908172701/http://www.localfoodshift.pub/growing-quinoa-in-colorado-an-interview-with-paul-new-white-mountain-farm/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> In this high-altitude desert valley, maximum summer temperatures rarely exceed {{cvt|30|°C|°F}} and night temperatures are about {{cvt|7|°C|°F}}. In the 2010s, experimental production was attempted in the [[Palouse]] region of Eastern Washington,<ref>{{cite news |title=Quinoa seed of change for Palouse farmers |date=May 3, 2014 |author=Kara Mcmurray |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |location=Spokane |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/may/03/quinoa-seed-of-change-for-palouse-farmers/}}</ref> and farmers in [[Western Washington]] began producing the crop. The [[Washington State University]] [[Skagit River|Skagit River Valley]] research facility near [[Mount Vernon, Washington|Mount Vernon]] grew thousands of its own experimental varieties.<ref>{{cite news |title=Growing quinoa in Skagit County |author=Julia-Grace Sanders |date=October 23, 2018 |newspaper=[[Skagit Valley Herald]] |location=Burlington, Washington |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/growing-quinoa-in-skagit-county/article_3f38b215-a2b3-5c43-8099-f249d058c848.html}}</ref> The Puget Sound region's climate is similar to that of coastal Chile where the crop has been grown for centuries.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Seattle Times |title=Quinoa comes to the Northwest |date=August 2, 2016 |author=Rebekah Denn |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/quinoa-comes-to-the-northwest/}}</ref> Due to the short growing season, North American cultivation requires short-maturity varieties, typically of [[Bolivia]]n origin. Quinoa is planted in [[Idaho]] where a variety developed and bred specifically for the high-altitude [[Snake River Plain]] is the largest planted variety in North America.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/grains/western-innovator-processor-pioneers-quinoa-production/article_1c832fe8-dbef-11e9-91af-9f5a171f25ed.html |title=Western Innovator: Processor pioneers quinoa production |author=Dianna Troyer |work=Capital Press |access-date=2020-02-15 |date=3 October 2019}}</ref>