Apparently today is (one of many) National Chocolate Day, not that there’s any reason not to choc-talk at other points in the year. The point here being, it reminds me of an article I saw a while back, pleading with biotech scientists to come up with a solution to falling cocoa harvests. As of only a few years ago, 20% of the world’s cocoa beans were being lost to disease – with a looming threat of spreading crop diseases. This clearly affects the availability and price of chocolate, not to mention the viability of the crop for farmers.

We checked around and couldn’t find any mention on biotech companies working on developing a stronger cocoa harvest. So we turn it over to you.  Does anyone know about work being done on this front?  We’d love to hear about it.  If not, maybe one of the great FFA’ers we had the chance to meet last week will come up with the solution.

]]> http://eleventhhourfacts.com/2009/10/during-the-fringe-break-we-break-for-chocolate/feed/ 0 http://eleventhhourfacts.com/2009/10/fringe-episode-4-the-return-of-leonard-nimoy/ http://eleventhhourfacts.com/2009/10/fringe-episode-4-the-return-of-leonard-nimoy/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:53:57 +0000 mwoolf http://eleventhhourfacts.com/?p=491 So from what we’ve seen on the previews, Leornard Nimoy returns as William Bell this week on Fringe… and will hopefully start explaining this whole trans-dimensional travel thing soon. We’ve seen some molemen, exploding gel folk, and agent dunham flying through the windshield of a parked car. It’s time for some answers. So join us tonight as we live blog the newest episode of Fringe with NCRM’s Michael Gilkey.