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| Could Chocolate Become an Endangered Species?
by Sandra Champlain, owner Kent Coffee & Chocolate Co.
Chocolate has been in my life as long as I have lived on the planet. In fact, chocolate has been enjoyed in the United States since the mid 1800’s. The earliest known chocolate consumption as was 1100 BC , with ancient people drinking a frothy beverage long before the Mayans and the Aztecs. However, there is real concern that chocolate may not be around in unlimited supply in the future.
Not many people know where chocolate comes from. Chocolate comes from seeds or beans of a cacao pod, football sized pods that are grow on Theobroma Cacao trees in locations close to the equator. In Greek, Theobroma literally means “food of the gods” and chocolate has been a divine food for 3,000 years.
Consumers around the world spend more than $20 billion a year on chocolate, but it may not be enough. Cacao trees can only be grown in an uncleared, natural rainforest environment. They cannot grow where the jungle has been cut down. Cacao trees need the shelter of the larger trees in the rainforest to survive. Unfortunately, many lumber companies are harvesting those larger trees, leaving the cacao crops to wither away.
Due to the huge demand for the cacao for cocoa and chocolate, there has been a huge pressure on the cacao farmers to plant the cacao trees in full, direct sunlight. Since the cacao tree is a low growing tree that prefers the shade of the larger canopy trees, extensive amounts of fertilization and pest control must take place for the cacao trees to flourish. This causes great stress in the cacao trees since it is not their natural environment thus making them more susceptible to pests and diseases.
Cacao is an extremely fragile crop. The flowers of the cacao tree need to be pollinated by local insects in the rainforest. Since the rainforests have become unbalanced over the past few decades, and in some areas nonexistent, many cacao farmers have resorted to pollinating the trees by hand.
The rainforest itself is fragile and houses more plants, animals and insect species than anywhere else on Earth. The cacao trees themselves are home to over 80 different species of birds including the macaws and toucans.
Personally, I have not paid much attention to the deforestation of the rainforest and have not gotten involved. Doing some research, I learned that nearly half of the world's species of plants, animals and microorganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the next 25 years due to rainforest deforestation, including our precious cacao trees.
Remember....the less rainforests on the planet mean the less cacao trees which means less of a supply of chocolate. Experts have predicted the cost of chocolate will drastically increase if the rainforests aren’t saved. So, creating more of a demand for chocolate will really help help save the rainforest! Please do your part: get interested in the rainforest and make a difference any way you can. In the mean time, eat more chocolate!
Will YOU Get Involved to Save Chocolate?
(I am talking to YOU - the person reading this!)
www.GlobalCocoaProject.org
The primary goal of the Global Cocoa Project is to provide cocoa farmers around the world with the tools they need to improve the quality of their cocoa production. Small farms on 25 acres or less constituted 99 percent of the cacao trees in the world. Approximately 2.5 million cacao farmers produce 90 percent of the world's cocoa with their farms. Traditionally cocoa production is the family's only source of income, thus it is an important income for developing countries to continue to grow and prosper.
The Eden League
Plant trees to save lives! The Eden League is a reforestation project created by my friend, Steve Fitch. Your $10 donation will plant 100 trees! Give $100 and plant 1,000 trees and give someone 10 days of work. YOU really can make a difference today. Will you? Informative videos on the site.
| | Eat Chocolate to Make All Your Dreams Come True?
Sandra Champlain says YES!!!
 You have probably heard of 'The Secret' and the 'Law of Attraction.'
Why not attract your dreams by EATING CHOCOLATE?
By Listening to 'The Law of Chocolate' you will also learn:- The 3,000 year history of chocolate
- Where chocolate comes from
- The top 10 chocolates in the world
- How chocolate is made into your favorite candy
- The TWO chocolate pioneers that made chocolate what it is today
- Chocolate humor
- Chocolate's role in the rainforest
- The health benefits of chocolate
- A guided meditation to have your dreams come true (by eating chocolate!)
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