Co-founders Lawrence Boone and Seneca Klassen grow cacao trees on O‘ahu’s North Shore for their chocolate bars.

Of all the Hawaiian Islands, Kaua‘i may be the most recognizable to moviegoers, its dramatic Nāpali Coast sea cliffs and ...

Standing inside a massive factory, the air is filled with the rich aroma of chocolate and hazelnuts. A worker hands over a ...

Imports and exports each play essential roles in U.S. agriculture. Understanding both sides of the ledger is key to ...

As Easter nears, Des Moines' Chocolaterie Stam feels the weight of tariffs on its imported European confections and their ...

It is weighing on the entire supply chain, from farmers and traders to ... no region in the U.S. besides small parts of Hawaii is suitable for cultivating cocoa. The big chocolate and ...

In keeping with its name, Aloha sources ingredients for its Hawaiian Special Edition bars from farms across Hawaii ... such as cocoa-free chocolate spread or a Nutella-like spread without the ...

Except for miniscule commercial crops in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, cocoa beans don’t grow in ... they don’t make any more money. The farmers make no more money. The only people making more ...

The following year the farm’s chocolate was named among the 50 best in the world at the prestigious Cacao of Excellence Awards. It won again in 2021 and 2023. Now the farm also grows vanilla and, ...