The Huntington Museum of Art began harvesting pods from its cacao plant during the first week of December 2024 to teach staff ...

Harvesting is done by hand ... Gunars Valkirs harvests a cacao pod by hand. -- NAINOA MOORE photo Cacao flowers are delicate and beautiful along with being difficult to pollinate.

Although most harvesting ... “Our cacao tree flowers from about April until August, September, sometime around there — we have a long flowering window — and then it takes the pods probably ...

Farmers in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions said on Monday they were concerned about the lack of adequate rains ...

Volunteers separate seeds and pulp from halved cacao pods during Friday’s harvest at Maui Ku’ia Estate Chocolate’s Lahaina farm. The workers are sitting next to next to piles of just ...

His farm, where cacao pods mature even off season, reflects his careful, sustainable harvesting practices fine-tuned over four decades. Like Rao, many farmers are collaborating with entrepreneurs ...