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RE: Your Chocolate Habit is Being Saved By.....?
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I didn't realise that cacao needed such a specific climate. Isn't it interesting how these sorts of resources, which were once so expensive and hard to come by, have become so cheap and easily obtained in our current, all consuming way of life? Yet they are now reminding us that they are not such an easy resource and could use a bit more respect. However, this is great news for Thailand and I look forward to hearing more on it. I wonder if any areas of Australia would be suitable for growing cacao.
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The labour costs in Australia make it a total non-viable option commercially. There ARE pockets around the Daintree etc that might work for small, personal growers tho. :)
They way things are going, it may not continue to be the case. Wages haven't risen for years in most companies and some are even getting rid of the workforce to replace them with people who will take a lower wage. Businesses are either going under, or they're paying below minimum wage in cash to stay afloat. Unemployment is so high that people will take anything and family support is being reeled back each year. Centerlink is inundated with claims and most of the time you can't get through to them on the phone, not even to be put in a queue. Something has got to happen to balance things out or Australia will be dead in the water. They've relied so heavily on exports and now nobody is buying because its cheaper elsewhere.
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The wages legislation puts you out of the global ballpark by miles and miles and miles.... everything in Oz is so stupidly expensive. Happy to not be living there anymore and seeing how other countries do it is quite the eye-opener.