• Question: are we really going to run out of chocolate soon? :(

    Asked by Emma to Chris, Josh, Rebecca, Rob, Susan on 22 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Josh Meyers

      Josh Meyers answered on 22 Jun 2015:

      I really hope not. But I will stockpile it next time I do a shop just in case.

      There is a call for an increase in the production of cocoa. Demand outweighs the growth in production at the moment. Hopefully it will be addressed as an issue.

    • Photo: Chris Armstrong

      Chris Armstrong answered on 22 Jun 2015:

      I’ve heard this too! 🙁

      I think its down to a single strand of cocoa bean thats delivering most of our chocolate supply and they fear that a genetic weakness could wipe it out. Buuuut fear not chocolate lover, theres a seed bank in sweden that has stores of every known species of plants. Should we ever accidentally kill off all the cocoa plants there is a back up!

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