Posted on 05/19/2014 6:37:42 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
A fungus called coffee rusts is currently causing damages of more than $1 billion across Latin American region coffee farms, and it is affecting the prices of coffee in the United States.
...But Raj Shah, head of the USAID, said their main concern is not only on the rising price of coffee but more on the economic security of small farms abroad. He said that if farmers lose their jobs, it escalates poverty and hunger and poverty region and this will add to the problem of violence and drug trafficking.
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First my bacon and now my coffee!
Bacon has a fungus?
Back yard chickens will keep breakfast alive!
Starbucks won’t lose much, as they can easily source from Aftica and Indonesia, whose prices might go up a bit due to increased demand. kinda stinks for the Colombians and Brazilians, though.
This is NOT good news.
I’d like a Fungusamungus dark roast with a shot of simple syrup, please.
The coffee from South America is the best, IMHO. Even though Africa is the ancestral home of coffee...........
No, but many little bacon seeds (piglets) recently died from a bad virus that swept through factory farms.
Actually, first orange juice! Citrus greening is killing the citrus (industry) in South America and the (primarily Florida) U.S. Now, the other staple of the morning, coffee, is being hit!
My goal this summer is to have our city overturn their decision to outlaw backyard chickens. Until then I buy from our local farmer. Also, CONgress recently approved a law allowing China to process US chicken for human consumption.
When I was a kid, in rural Mississippi, we had a smokehouse. And in the smokehouse there was a salt bin, about the size of a small freezer, where the 'salt pork' was kept. Fat back would often have a green fungus or something on the rind (skin). We just cut it off and ate the rest....................
Thanks for the info...
Also, CONgress recently approved a law allowing China to process US chicken for human consumption.
I didn’t know. That is alarming.
I thought I’d heard all the oldies...
Starbucks won’t get hurt. Their coffee isn’t particularly high end. Even if it were, Starbucks burns the beans and adds so much flavoring you’d never know. And their customers will pay more if they raise the prices.
There are many small family farms in Latin America that supply really good high end beans. They will be devastated.
One supplier, George Howell, has dropped some of his offerings because of the fungus. His website has a lot of information about the farms that are affected.
Colombian is my fave.
It is better for you anyway. Years ago, I got introduced to a product called Postum, a mixture of ground roast corn and molasses. It wasn't a half-bad substitute. Don't know if it is still around but, as I recall, it was 100% made in the U.S.A.
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