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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 06:58 PM Original message |
Chocolate: Worth Its Weight in Gold? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Talk about killing the goose that laid the golden eggs nt |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Two words: fair trade |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Exactly.....If the corporate monsters would stop exploiting farmers, this would be a non-issue. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. "cocoa, which can only be grown in latitudes within 10 degrees of the equator," |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Interesting info about the cacao tree |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. gold was over $1000 an oz last time i checked, so i doubt it. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Look what happened to the price of Tulips in 17th century Holland |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Solution: fair trade chocolate |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. MMMMmmmmmmmm |
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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Not going to happen.. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Farmers seem to rarely benefit from these upswings in prices. Only speculators do. |
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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The fact of the matter is that |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. I hope my chocorat ration doesn't fall below 25 grams per week! n/t |
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