Saturday, December 23, 2006

Gold, Myrrh, and ...

Cinnamon? How about Lavender?

According to a recent study, the trees from which Frankincense is made are becoming tapped-out, and younger trees are not rising to the occasion.
This is a great anecdote for one of the big problems facing renewable (environmental friendly) products. The supply side must be very carefully monitored when demand increases, or else unintended consequences almost always arise. Frankincense, like all agriculture, is renewable, but by not properly managing the supply, the supply may suffer serious declines.

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