Market Research – Chocolate?

Amidst all the news about chocolate and its functional benefits comes market research

from Confectionary News

So we now know that “27 per cent of consumers in these countries buy chocolate to promote a feeling of well-being and boost their mood”. I thought everyone ate chocolate for this pleasure – maybe not!

Its interesting to consider what other reason people may have to eat chocolate? sustenance, nutritional value, sweetness, medicinal, school feeding, famine relief?

How do you follow a tree with a 100 year lifecycle

I knew agave did it after 10s of years, but what about this palm tree from Madagascar?

The full story can be found in the New york Times