Comments on: We don’t grow food http://agro.biodiver.se/2007/12/we-dont-grow-food/ Crops, animals, wild relatives ... Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rich http://agro.biodiver.se/2007/12/we-dont-grow-food/comment-page-1/#comment-187549 rich Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:52:04 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2007/12/we-dont-grow-food/#comment-187549 from wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_C%C3%B4te_d'Ivoire "Côte d'Ivoire is among the world's largest producers and exporters of coffee, cocoa beans, and palm oil." Starbucks, chocolate, and biofuels, all in one nonfood package Rich from wikipedia… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_C%C3%B4te_d'Ivoire

“Côte d’Ivoire is among the world’s largest producers and exporters of coffee, cocoa beans, and palm oil.”

Starbucks, chocolate, and biofuels, all in one nonfood package

Rich

]]> By: Jeremy http://agro.biodiver.se/2007/12/we-dont-grow-food/comment-page-1/#comment-185318 Jeremy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:49:21 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2007/12/we-dont-grow-food/#comment-185318 I'm not sure, but I suspect that the two cases you mention are growing cacao and, maybe, soy for feed and export. I’m not sure, but I suspect that the two cases you mention are growing cacao and, maybe, soy for feed and export.

]]> By: Glenn http://agro.biodiver.se/2007/12/we-dont-grow-food/comment-page-1/#comment-185251 Glenn Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:29:23 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2007/12/we-dont-grow-food/#comment-185251 The yellows and reds may be even more pronounced as the biofuel fad heats up....What is going on with northeast Brasil and Ivory Coast? That area of Brazil is the poorest in the entire country. And Ivory coast is poor. But they are red and yellow. An error in the data? Or are these areas producing lots of feed and processed food? The yellows and reds may be even more pronounced as the biofuel fad heats up….What is going on with northeast Brasil and Ivory Coast? That area of Brazil is the poorest in the entire country. And Ivory coast is poor. But they are red and yellow. An error in the data? Or are these areas producing lots of feed and processed food?

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