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 # Climate Cast: No Choco-Pocalypse Yet but Cocoa Could Become Scarce

 

##### by Paul Huttner

 

 

 May 17, 2017 10:45 AM ET

  ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/79e746-20121126-112112coffee03.jpg "Coffee and cocoa plants could be hurt by climate change. Jennifer Simonson | MPR News file") Coffee and cocoa plants could be hurt by climate change. Jennifer Simonson | MPR News file 

 

[Originally published by MPR News](http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/05/04/cocoa-and-coffee-might-become-less-available-more-expensive)

MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner spoke to General Mills vice president Jerry Lynch about how climate change is viewed through the eyes of a major food supplier. Lynch is also the company's chief sustainability officer.

Lynch told Huttner that increased temperatures are likely to cause two things: frequent severe weather events and less water for crops.

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