Thursday, April 5, 2012

Plain Vanilla Fail: A Matter Of Climate Change, Population Growth, & Clear-Cutting?

foam/CC BY 2.0Vanilla plant, with unripe pods.Pun-filled coverage of a world wide vanilla bean shortage is luscious desert for local, regional, and national news outlets. Here's a typical piece: Vanilla Shortage: Rocky Road For Ice Cream Prices. Just why vanilla bean production is failing, and where it is failing, sufficient to drastically increase prices all over the world, get no mention. Heaven forbid, something not-cute be

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