Posted on 11/24/2021 3:51:31 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Motovun (Croatia) (AFP) – The sound of paws scurrying along the forest floor echoes through Croatia's northwestern woods, where the hunt for truffles is being threatened by climate change and deforestation -- stirring fears that the country's gastronomic goldmine may be at risk.
The delicate microclimate in the picturesque Istria peninsula's forests has long been famed for producing some of the finest white truffles, which this year fetched up to 2,500 euros ($2,860) per kilo.
But the increase in temperatures and lower precipitation levels linked to climate change along with a shrinking water table and habitat loss could throw off the natural incubator that produces the luxurious ingredient.
“It's more difficult to find a truffle than to sell it," laments Darko Muzica, who oversees the Istra association of truffle hunters, an advocacy group campaigning to protect the peninsula's white truffle.
A 2014 study on Istria's truffles issued a similar warning, saying: "throughout the world the productivity of natural truffle habitats is shrinking which is often linked with climate change but also the ways the land is used".
Truffle enthusiasts say immediate action is needed to protect the area's habitat.
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Sounds like they are trying to get hooked up to the climate change scam. It’s much easier cashing a government check than digging around the forest for truffles.
Maybe they should build a dome over the area so they can keep it at whatever temperature and humidity the truffles prefer.
Funny how the media flunkies have added “deforestation” as a crisis of global proportions. Not clear why the Left has added this imaginary crisis to the catalog of climate catastrophes, but I’m sure it will become evident in due course.
So is it possible that the real reason they are hard to find is too many people are looking for them?
Na, that is so unlikely....
Just googled them, they’re out of my price range........yikes!
There’s a fungus among us.
I should think that concern over the truffle supply would be one of the lesser of our worries. How about we worry about getting America back on track & maybe the truffle situation will take care of itself. Will we starve without having something that most people have never even seen & couldn’t afford if they did?
Black truffles are fairly reasonable on Amazon, they are tasty.
Truffle hunters to countrymen: “Freeze to death in the dark so I can hunt mushrooms with a pig.”
My local McTruffles will likely raise Truffleburger prices because of this.
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