Oh Ghod NOOO! This is too horrible.

[SOteric]

Cocoa strike disrupts supply

By Catherine Boal

18/10/2006 - Cote d’Ivoire cocoa growers have downed tools over pay disagreements, beginning a strike which could dramatically cut supplies to chocolate manufacturers.

The strike started this week with farmers in the Anaproci trade union preventing cocoa shipments from reaching exporters warehouses.
Disruption in the supply of cocoa is an issue that continues to dog the industry with sales vulnerable to losses caused by civil war, disease and labour concerns.

Anaproci represents 80 per cent of the Cote dIvoire's cocoa farmers who produce around 1.3m tonnes of the bean annually.

According to Reuters, the organisation called for the strike to demand higher payments and greater financial support for growing co-operatives after low harvest season prices were set last week.



http://www.confectionerynews.com/news/ng.asp?n=71367-cocoa-strike-cote-d-ivoire



I think I have to go lay down for a while.

[matcom]

1. oh grow up

take a Midol and DEAL!







































:hide:

[SOteric]

2. We'll see who's crying like a baby

when your supply of magic brownies just evaporates. x(

[ThomCat]

3. If chocolate becomes scares or more expensive

there will be RIOTING in the streets! :yoiks:

[SOteric]

5. I'm tellin' yah.

Just think how many grumpy women there are going to be in the world.

[ThomCat]

16. To hell with the grumpy women.

I'M going to be out there swinging my cane! x(

[SOteric]

23. I see your point.

:hug: Get thee to a Costco while the Halloween miniatures are still in supply.

[buddhamama]

4. egads !

why do i foresee a nasty chocolate withdrawal in my future. not good.

[SOteric]

6. Oooo! buddha~mod~mama!

I'm conflicted here. You get a :bounce: for being a moderator, but I'm posting another cranky face x( about the whole chocolate shortage thing.

[buddhamama]

20. a cranky face is warranted

x( so is a hug :hug: thanks, Julsy! you deserve another :hug:

[billyskank]

9. We'll get through this together

:hug:

[buddhamama]

21. with support we'll be okay

maybe. :D

thanks, billy :hug:

[u4ic]

7. Ack!

:scared: :cry:

I'm going to have to stockpile! I see a trip to the grocery store very soon...

[billyskank]

10. Panic buying!

Which will, of course, bring on the shortage sooner. :hug:

[u4ic]

11. Then I can become a spiv!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:



Sell chocolate on the black market for thousands of dollars a bar...:D

[billyskank]

13. You fiend!

:rofl:

[u4ic]

17. I'll wear a fedora,

a black pinstriped suit, and a pocket watch.



I'll have to brush up on my Cockney accent, however...

[billyskank]

19. Leg it! It's the peelers!

Careful Dick, 'es got a shooter!

:loveya:

[billyskank]

8. Yikes!

:hug:

[SOteric]

12. Thank you for that billy.

I'm feeling a little light-headed at the prospect of losing out on my Christmas chockies.

[matcom]

15. DAMMIT WOMAN!!

i just declared a WAR on Christmas Cookies last week?

O'Reilly wants to interview me over it but i'm holding out

[SOteric]

22. What about

Boston Cream Pie?

[matcom]

25. i really prefer Key-Lime

and that comes in handy in JUST such an 'emergency' :P

[Fleshdancer]

14. the halloween candy is out now. Go stock up!

Hell, skip the grocery store all together and go straight to Costco. ;)

[SOteric]

18. It's an excellent point you make.

Perhaps I should throw out all the stuff I've got in my freezer and devote it entirely to chocolate supplies.

[TheBaldyMan]

24. buy fairtrade chocolate instead n/t

[SOteric]

26. The striking workers are burning the cacao fields.

No cacao means no chocolate of any kind, fair trade or otherwise.

[TheBaldyMan]

34. it sounds like they are really hard up if they have been doing that.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Buy Endangered Species Chocolate...

http://www.chocolatebar.com/shop/pc/viewCat_h.asp?idCategory=2

[merh]

28. Damn it!

Katrina and now this - how much more can a girl take x(


U.N.C.L.E.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

29. good thing i don't like chocolat

oui, oui...

[dolo amber]

30. BURN THE WITCH!!!

x(

[bicentennial_baby]

33. once in a great while, but it's rare...

:shrug:

but, I will cook with it for anyone else, and I do :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

31. No... no chocolate?

[izzybeans]

32. Cote d'Ivoire is experiencing many more problems than this

you may be missing your cocoa for a while. But a labor strike is actually a good sign given the circumstances.

[Bridget Burke]

35. Cote d’Ivoire is not the only chocolate growing nation.

For example: Chocosphere introduces El Rey Venezuelan Chocolates! El Rey chocolate has been made in Venezuela since 1929. This family business makes their chocolate with only premium grade, locally grown ingredients. All El Rey chocolates are made exclusively with Venezuelan cocoa, giving El Rey chocolate a unique flavor.

www.chocosphere.com/Html/Products/el-rey.html

WARNING: "Chocosphere" sells many wonderful, expensive brands of chocolate. For some folks, this will be a dangerous site.

Anther brand using beans from this hemisphere: Dagoba is dedicated to the Art of Chocolate Alchemy: transforming cacao into exquisite chocolate through Full Circle Sustainability™: blending equity, quality, ecology and community. The family-owned company seeks out fine flavor, sustainable and certified organic cacao through direct, equitable partnerships, and manufactures in small batches with great care. All products are also Kosher, and many are Certified Organic and Fair Trade Certified.

www.chocosphere.com/cgi-bin/webstore/web_store.cgi?page=/Products/dagoba.html&cart_id=7361257_15871

It's our obligation as good Liberals & Environmentalists to buy some!