nebula Posted April 7, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Chocolate eggs under growing threat from witches' broom * 08 April 2009 by Debora MacKenzie * Magazine issue 2703. ...chocolate trees are in increasing trouble. Chocolate is made from the fermented, roasted seeds of the cacao tree. The cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) can kill the trees, and threatens to slash this year's spring crop by a third in the world's biggest producer, Ivory Coast. Meanwhile a fungus called witches' broom is doing the same in Brazil. Now researchers are racing to sequence the cacao genome and find genes that can resist CSSV. Cacao trees are native to the Amazon rainforest, but west Africa produces 70 per cent of the world's cocoa, virtually all on tiny, impoverished farms. In recent years, demand for chocolate has mushroomed. The farmers cannot afford expensive fertiliser so they boost production by planting more cacao trees over a greater area. That means cutting down other trees that normally grow between cacao crops, which also replicate their rainforest origins and give them the protective shade they prefer. Read more here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believer1997 Posted April 7, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,363 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 9 Joined: 11/07/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted April 7, 2009 Ok... I've put up with Obama.... the recession... job loss..... hiring freezes.... no raises.... but I will not do without chocolate.... we must, I repeat must ... do everything we can to fix this - QUICK!!! It ain't pretty when I don't have chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat8585 Posted April 7, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,360 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 7,866 Content Per Day: 1.23 Reputation: 26 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/22/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/18/1946 Share Posted April 7, 2009 NOOOO!!!!!!! Not my chocolate!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trusting Jesus Posted April 7, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,050 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 22 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/12/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/09/1952 Share Posted April 7, 2009 They can't do this....not chocolate! It's not a choice -- it's a necessity! <>< ><> Nathele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believer1997 Posted April 7, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,363 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 9 Joined: 11/07/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted April 7, 2009 Ok.... everyone - just calm down.... easy..... just take deep breathes.... this is serious. I say we get in our cars and meet in Hershey, PA NOW.......... I'm leaving in a few.... just stay calm..... We will take the chocolate... I know most of you are armed and I'm dangerous...so we'll deal with a plan when we get there.... breathe...breathe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trusting Jesus Posted April 7, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,050 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 22 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/12/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/09/1952 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I'm with ya. I am. Uh...how do I get to Hershey, PA? I have no sense of direction, and it's worse without chocolate. Now, I heard that they moved the factory to Mexico. Did they? Is that true??? Oh, I think I'm breaking under this pressure. <>< ><> Nathele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted April 7, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.09 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted April 7, 2009 Ok.... everyone - just calm down.... easy..... just take deep breathes.... this is serious. I say we get in our cars and meet in Hershey, PA NOW.......... I'm leaving in a few.... just stay calm..... We will take the chocolate... I know most of you are armed and I'm dangerous...so we'll deal with a plan when we get there.... breathe...breathe.... Don't leave without ME.....I'm a chocoholic! I NEED it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Posted April 8, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 333 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 32 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/30/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted April 8, 2009 Nathele, Mexico??? OK, revised plan . . . Believer, you and the others make your way to Hershey. Nath and I will head in the general direction of Mex . . . . . I think it's south. (A warmer climate is better for me.) But wait, do you still think it will melt in our mouths and not in our hands what with it being closer to the equator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trusting Jesus Posted April 8, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,050 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 22 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/12/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/09/1952 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Nathele, Mexico??? OK, revised plan . . . Believer, you and the others make your way to Hershey. Nath and I will head in the general direction of Mex . . . . . I think it's south. (A warmer climate is better for me.) But wait, do you still think it will melt in our mouths and not in our hands what with it being closer to the equator. You see, that's where they get you. They say the "Milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hands", but as we all know M & M's have that candy coating that melts all over your hands if you hold them long enough. Fortunately, I never hold them long enough. Now, like I said, I have no sense of direction. So, if we are heading South to Mexico I will neeed to wait until Fall so that I can follow the migrating birds. I am sure we can work this all out, though. <>< ><> Nathele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomi Posted April 8, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 108 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 437 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 62 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/13/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/20/1979 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Chocolate eggs under growing threat from witches' broom * 08 April 2009 by Debora MacKenzie * Magazine issue 2703. ...chocolate trees are in increasing trouble. Chocolate is made from the fermented, roasted seeds of the cacao tree. The cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) can kill the trees, and threatens to slash this year's spring crop by a third in the world's biggest producer, Ivory Coast. Meanwhile a fungus called witches' broom is doing the same in Brazil. Now researchers are racing to sequence the cacao genome and find genes that can resist CSSV. Cacao trees are native to the Amazon rainforest, but west Africa produces 70 per cent of the world's cocoa, virtually all on tiny, impoverished farms. In recent years, demand for chocolate has mushroomed. The farmers cannot afford expensive fertiliser so they boost production by planting more cacao trees over a greater area. That means cutting down other trees that normally grow between cacao crops, which also replicate their rainforest origins and give them the protective shade they prefer. Read more here I can't live without chocolates. We need to fix this. I have to have chocolates everyday. YOu don't know what happens if i don't have one a day. I'll start fasting & pray (I am very serious), for someone to come up with a plan. DADDY will help, I know HE will lv lomi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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