On global warming, nobody knows the truffle we've seen

Mon Dieu! First the Australians are told that global warming will hurt the hops crops that produce their favorite brewski. Now the French find out that global warming spells bad news for their truffles.

"The black truffle, one of the most exclusive and expensive delicacies on the planet, is under threat from climate change," reports Reuters. "A mysterious species of underground fungi with reported aphrodisiac and therapeutic properties, the aromatic truffles are also highly fragile and cannot withstand more than three weeks without water.    

"But prolonged drought in many of their prime growing regions in Europe and predictions about global warming suggest the future is about as black as the truffles themselves, to the despair of the growers."

The president of the Truffle Growers' Association (no we are not making this up) told Reuters, "The bad harvest years, which used to be the exception, are becoming the norm."

Where will all this stereotypical trouble end -- no more fish and chips for the Brits? Stay tuned.

--Craig Pittman

Comments

[N.Walter]

What a shame, a world with no truffles.
A food supply that only the elite have the privelge of eating. I think there are more important fires to put out than a poor truffle harvest.