Might be a good time to develop a taste for tea.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/06/coffee-rust-epidemic/all/
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/06/coffee-rust-epidemic/all/
Time to stock pile some beans
Monsanto is destroying more than just corn...they are on a path to destroying everything we eat! From some of what I've been seeing, they may be to blame for the eventual extinction of the honeybee.......Coffee is more of a random plant that likes to grow in semi-shade. We set ourselves up when we grow monocrops of coffee in plantations like it was corn. Food crop failures happened to the potato and recently bananas, mostly due to lack of genetic diversity. The can spread quickly through row crops. When or if it happens to corn it is going to be a disaster. Monsanto is working hard to bring this about.
I'm careful about what I read too, Rick. That was just one of the first links that popped up....do you think that information in that article is all false? I read it, and I don't.I don't read Salon.com, Scotty, never have. But I am careful what I do read and believe. Rick
Monsanto is destroying more than just corn...they are on a path to destroying everything we eat! From some of what I've been seeing, they may be to blame for the eventual extinction of the honeybee.......
http://www.naturalnews.com/025287_bees_honey_crops.html
Won't affect most Americans, if true, but it will be hell on Europe and Latin America! The overwhelming majority of American coffees ("brown water") are not even remotely 100% Arabica, being low-grade blends which vary according to current market prices.
The odd thing about this story is all the news just two months ago, about the trade price of Arabaca dropping. In fact, it had become cheaper than many types of Robusta beans, one of the cheaper varieties used in low-end coffee so popular here in the states.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/09/us-coffee-robusta-arabica-idUSBRE9380Q220130409
It will affect a lot of Americans. Starbucks uses a lot of arabica beans.
I'm careful about what I read too, Rick. That was just one of the first links that popped up...
AIDS denialist?, thats a new one....
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