--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > It takes 140 litres of water to produce one cup of coffee. > > > > No wonder I always have to pee after I drink a cup > > of coffee! > > I got this info from an article on the world's water from the > recent "New Yorker". Fascinating article and most of it > concentrates on India and how public policy encourages water- > waste by Indian farmers.
So I get that coffee plants are thirsty, but are they encouraging Indian farmers to grow coffee there? When I think coffee, I think of the countries it's usually from, which are all rainforest nations that do not exactly have a problem with water scarcity. I don't really see a lot of Bombay Blend on the shelves next to the other coffees. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
