Cocoa Beans

Last night on CBC radio they aired a documentary on the cocoa bean farmers of Ghana. Included in the show were these interesting statistics, meant to show how the chocolate industry worldwide is thriving: North Americans eat an average of 12 pounds of chocolate a year, most Europeans eat around 20 pounds per year, and in England, 5% of the annual household budget is devoted exclusively to chocolate.

Which leads us to the obvious question:

why don’t I live in England???