Bad weather, failed government policies and a fast-spreading virus are reducing output from the world’s top cocoa-growing ...

Farmers face an uphill battle when it comes to meeting rising food demands while also dealing with more erratic weather ...

The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

Cocoa powder is made from cacao beans, which come from the plant Theobroma cacao L. Cacao beans are the primary ingredient in chocolate, but they can also be ground into cocoa powder. The powder ...

Source: Theobroma cacao L. - Plants of the World Online - Kew Science. Researchers analysed pottery vessels from the Santa Ana (La Florida) archaeological site in the highlands of Ecuador ...

Rather than focusing solely on the cacao bean, the company uses the entire cacao plant, from the fruit pulp to the shell across all of their product lines. The brand recently made headlines ...

HUNTINGTON — Although most harvesting is done in the fall, December was the best time for employees at the Huntington Museum of Art to start picking fruits off its tropical cacao plant.