Cocoa powder, used to make chocolate, comes from the seeds of the cacao tree, a water-intensive plant grown in tropical parts of Africa and South America.

The main difference between regenerative farming for crops and cocoa is that cocoa is all about agroforestry. While arable systems usually focus on things like no-till and crop rotation, cocoa farming ...

Arbor Day traditions at Granville Intermediate School include tree planting, a Granville Tree and Landscape Commission program and a poster contest.

Lonohana Estate Chocolate Is Committed to Ethical Farming and Manufacturing 2025 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Co-founders Lawrence Boone and Seneca Klassen grow cacao trees on O‘ahu’s North ...

Farmer setting up high-tech cocoa farm larger than Manhattan Production to be nearly 100% mechanized, using high-yield trees Cargill is a partner in the initial phase Chocolate maker Barry ...

A shortage of cocoa beans is driving up the cost to make chocolate — especially for small chocolatiers. That means people buying chocolate for Easter can expect high prices.

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.

Climate change poses a major well-known risk to cacao production. But a new study finds that low pollination is also limiting yields in producing countries — a finding that could offer hope to a ...

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.

Cocoa Tree Chocolates in Dobbs Ferry, known for its colorful handmade, hand-painted small-batch artisan truffles, is closing. Their last day is Feb. 28. Owner Abby Mandel, who opened her store in ...