Rising cocoa prices are squeezing Seattle's chocolate makers, forcing them to swallow higher costs or pass it along to ...

A bean-to-bar chocolate movement in Bangkok and beyond involving farmers, cafes and a top chef could set new standards for a ...

White capote has the potential to reach 50 feet in height and tolerate wetter soil than most fruit trees and will yield a ...

When you picture a flower and a pollinator, the odds are you’re imagining a colorful, perfumed flower, and a honeybee. Perhaps, if you’re feeling adventurous, a butterfly or a hummingbird. That’s a ...

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly ...

World Cocoa Day was established in 2010 by the International Cocoa Organization and the United Nations Food and Agriculture ...

This contrasts with traditional cocoa plantations elsewhere in Brazil and worldwide, where cocoa trees share space with other types of trees and get some shade.

Seamus Blackley is best known for creating the Xbox game console. Now he wants to build a chocolate factory. One problem: Cacao trees don't naturally grow in Los Angeles.

Researchers have found a way to graft cacao plants to boost their yields while preserving biodiversity. University of Göttingen scientists led an international team to enhance the growth of cacao ...

New research finds that cacao trees evolved over 7.5 million years ago. DNA studies may help improve future chocolate crops.

The cacao tree, Theobroma cacao is a tree in the Malvaceae family that is native to the American tropics. Cacao was originally cultivated more than 5,000 years ago in what is presently south east ...

Cacao fruit is what chocolate is made from. Learn the history of cacao, how chocolate is made, and the many ways we enjoy ...