At fifty percent to seventy percent of the world's cocoa comes from those two countries in africa.Where does the other fifty or thirty percent come from?
01:14:21 That is not something that I considered but it makes sense. One of the understandings I have about how we could change our environmental impact is how we design our homes. Along side pests, we have to move with preserving biodiversity in mind. The understanding of which I spoke was gathered from this 2023 video I encountered then titled "Architects Want You To Live With Bugs" found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGoSc3S_pc8. Additionally, since my stint as a camp counselor, I have found myself not wanting to harm insects in part to be a better example to the youth in my charge at that time because prejudicial proceedings such as exterminating every unknown face smaller than me by far is not necessary. So, to repeat myself, this makes sense.
The US is the land of milk and honey. Why are there no cacao plantations in Louisiana, or Missouri?! I bet, if there any tuned in here, a few of the Missouri Bears could grow it.
There's definitely a spectrum of bad to ok adjustments that companies make to plants for humans to eat. Like Corn companies trademarking an gene for corn that makes it grow when pesticides and herbicides are applied (which is not regen ag) and then SUEING farmers when their heirloom corn accidentally hybridizes with their GMO corn is definitely on the bad side of things
these company's don't Give a crap about your health they care about money Fake lab grown stuff CAN Cause cancer 100% and also they have lab made vanilla by taking E.coli bacteria and making it eat plastic trash and turning that into vanilla flavoring
There aint no fixing CSSV! Best case scenario we find a cacao cultivar immune or we engineer an artificial immunity, look at banana industry. Banana industry already went through all this and they bought themselves more time by simply finding a new cultivar with genetic resistance
Okay, I have some insights into pathogen function. With amphibians, there's a disease called Bd. It's a fungal disease. It was always present, but there was a moment in time where this endemic disease suddenly changed its functions and became outrageously deadly. After a TON of work, they figured out 2 strains of the fungus from different locations hybridized and that is 100% responsible for ALL current issues regarding Bd! When 2 cultivars of the fungus hybridized, it created a super deadly version! I wonder if global trade allowed CSSV to hybridize with 2 distant populations? If so this is identical to how Bsal became so pathogenic
I can also remember how angry i was as a kid that i was not allowed to work until i turned 16! I understand protections, but i do think child labor laws in usa are too strict. I was so angry as a kid i was not allowed to work until i was 16. Now, at mease manor elderly home, somehow they had an exemption so i was able to get a job there at 15. But if i couldve, i wouldve gotten a job at 12 years old! My parents didnt give me an allowance and i also was not allowed to work! I even mowed lawns in my neighborhood and did all kinds of handyman work at 12, so i could make $ to have a better life! But mowing lawns and doing handyman work in my neighborhood didnt pay much! If i couldve gotten a job at 12 vs 15 i couldve gotten a lot done and bought books to read to learn! Im an old man so way back when i was 12 the internet didnt exist so to learn i had to buy physical books! 😂 how much smarter would i be if i couldve gotten a job at 12 vs 15!?
I am actually outrageously impressed! I was worried they gene spliced yeast to produce a single compound made by cocoa plants. But instead these are actual 💯 cocoa plant cells simply grown in sterile liquid cultures. Mushrooms of a lot of species are grown this way right now and nobody seems to care! With mushrooms they grow mycelial cells in liquid sterile culture, then use those cells to colonize substrates to grow actual Mushrooms. So the only difference between mycology liquid cultures and lab grown cocoa is that with mycelium they transfer the cells to physical substrates for final stage of growth. In mycology if the liquid culture is big enough, the vessel is called a bioreactor
“Western” man is always hostile to nature. It’s in the culture. Tries in vain to overpower her without consequence. But by contrast, it loves dogs & cats. Explain?
We haven't had REAL chocolate in the USA since 2005. Nestle was the last hold-out (aside from small batch specialty companies). It's been adulterated with oils & crap For YEARS!
@AtypicalPaul
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
At fifty percent to seventy percent of the world's cocoa comes from those two countries in africa.Where does the other fifty or thirty percent come from?
@Bigman74066
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
As long as they don't call it chocolate, cuz this aint chocolate…
@tinmcwill
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
01:14:21 That is not something that I considered but it makes sense. One of the understandings I have about how we could change our environmental impact is how we design our homes. Along side pests, we have to move with preserving biodiversity in mind. The understanding of which I spoke was gathered from this 2023 video I encountered then titled "Architects Want You To Live With Bugs" found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGoSc3S_pc8. Additionally, since my stint as a camp counselor, I have found myself not wanting to harm insects in part to be a better example to the youth in my charge at that time because prejudicial proceedings such as exterminating every unknown face smaller than me by far is not necessary. So, to repeat myself, this makes sense.
@Monkey_on_Call
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
The US is the land of milk and honey. Why are there no cacao plantations in Louisiana, or Missouri?! I bet, if there any tuned in here, a few of the Missouri Bears could grow it.
@okidoxb4846
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
There's definitely a spectrum of bad to ok adjustments that companies make to plants for humans to eat. Like Corn companies trademarking an gene for corn that makes it grow when pesticides and herbicides are applied (which is not regen ag) and then SUEING farmers when their heirloom corn accidentally hybridizes with their GMO corn is definitely on the bad side of things
@tinmcwill
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
30:27 reminds me of how much is needed to farm an avocado.
@New-York-Attitude
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Sorry people, anything fun gets ruined. Now you have to pay attention and pay more to get high-quality chocolate without child labor. It’s out there.
@ChrisBeldt
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Just more empty food!
It's probably out in the stores for trials on real ppl 😢
@spiffs2septims730
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Gonna miss chocolate.
@littlelocust
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Atleast in 1984 they had real chocolate …
@matthew8661
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
these company's don't Give a crap about your health they care about money Fake lab grown stuff CAN Cause cancer 100% and also they have lab made vanilla by taking E.coli bacteria and making it eat plastic trash and turning that into vanilla flavoring
@djiindovah7155
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
patented CRISPR plants in the wild sounds like a recipe for disaster
@purposefully.verbose
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
why did fair trade chocolate get more expensive?
@sapphireglaceon
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
The Myan's did Chili and Chocolate.
@PSO2_FM
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Hmm gold? Or chocolate
Money? Or diabetes
Fake status symbol, or health+sadness trap disguised as an edible treat
Blow the whole fuckin place up.
@sandyshoals7565
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Thank you for your diligent research. This is disgusting. US food is horrible. Oreos have had bioengineered ingredients for quite a while, BTW.
@PSO2_FM
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Omg we arent making enough money selling candy. What are we gonna do? Guess we have no choice, time to Child Labor.
@nangaleema
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Good talk! Thanks for sharing this info.
@sapphireglaceon
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
300 Years ago most if not all 13 year olds were working.
@janetj3072
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
25 minutes in and maybe about to hear why chocolate prices have risen.
@ApexLifeforms
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
There aint no fixing CSSV! Best case scenario we find a cacao cultivar immune or we engineer an artificial immunity, look at banana industry. Banana industry already went through all this and they bought themselves more time by simply finding a new cultivar with genetic resistance
@ApexLifeforms
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Okay, I have some insights into pathogen function. With amphibians, there's a disease called Bd. It's a fungal disease. It was always present, but there was a moment in time where this endemic disease suddenly changed its functions and became outrageously deadly. After a TON of work, they figured out 2 strains of the fungus from different locations hybridized and that is 100% responsible for ALL current issues regarding Bd! When 2 cultivars of the fungus hybridized, it created a super deadly version! I wonder if global trade allowed CSSV to hybridize with 2 distant populations? If so this is identical to how Bsal became so pathogenic
@ApexLifeforms
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
I can also remember how angry i was as a kid that i was not allowed to work until i turned 16! I understand protections, but i do think child labor laws in usa are too strict. I was so angry as a kid i was not allowed to work until i was 16. Now, at mease manor elderly home, somehow they had an exemption so i was able to get a job there at 15. But if i couldve, i wouldve gotten a job at 12 years old! My parents didnt give me an allowance and i also was not allowed to work! I even mowed lawns in my neighborhood and did all kinds of handyman work at 12, so i could make $ to have a better life! But mowing lawns and doing handyman work in my neighborhood didnt pay much! If i couldve gotten a job at 12 vs 15 i couldve gotten a lot done and bought books to read to learn! Im an old man so way back when i was 12 the internet didnt exist so to learn i had to buy physical books! 😂 how much smarter would i be if i couldve gotten a job at 12 vs 15!?
@patbowers4180
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
I bet it's horrible for our health. FDA has gotten terrible. We allow additives that Europe doesn't allow.
@ApexLifeforms
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
If you dont like cells grown in liquid cultures, dont eat ANY artificially grown mushrooms!
@ApexLifeforms
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
I am actually outrageously impressed! I was worried they gene spliced yeast to produce a single compound made by cocoa plants. But instead these are actual 💯 cocoa plant cells simply grown in sterile liquid cultures. Mushrooms of a lot of species are grown this way right now and nobody seems to care! With mushrooms they grow mycelial cells in liquid sterile culture, then use those cells to colonize substrates to grow actual Mushrooms. So the only difference between mycology liquid cultures and lab grown cocoa is that with mycelium they transfer the cells to physical substrates for final stage of growth. In mycology if the liquid culture is big enough, the vessel is called a bioreactor
@Ragatokk
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Don't worry about it, most people don't care about human right abuses if they are not in their face.
@almathomas3369
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Chocolate and everything else will be changed according to their greed. 😰
@p.burley4533
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
“Western” man is always hostile to nature. It’s in the culture. Tries in vain to overpower her without consequence. But by contrast, it loves dogs & cats. Explain?
@gingerwithsoul2212
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
I was in Ohio watching your videos until last October 2025… now I’m watching from North Carolina 😂😂😂
@rotorcell6471
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
are you keeping up with M. Levins findings on bioelectricity ?
@rhondasmith7413
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Pass on GMOs and “lab grown” everything.
@kabeewan
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Maybe this will help keep out the LEAD and other harmful substances in our naturally grown chocolate.
@kabeewan
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Go Sox!
@theghoulgals2474
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
@26:27 why can we go grow more Cocoa somewhere else?
@melindavale9570
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
A good word to use instead of co-participation would be cooperation.
@Wandering_on_the_internet
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
Chocolate? Did you say CHOCOLATE? CHOCOLATE!! CHOCOLATE!!! CHOCOLATE!!!
Nah but seriously though…They want us all to live in a lab grown dystopia.
@LogicTremble
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
East….Just stop eating it…. Problem solved.
@wynelleu
June 20, 2026 at 12:09 am
We haven't had REAL chocolate in the USA since 2005. Nestle was the last hold-out (aside from small batch specialty companies). It's been adulterated with oils & crap
For YEARS!