These baked brownies have crispy tops, chewy edges, and a deep chocolate center. Made with real cocoa and just the right balance of sweetness. Best served warm or cold — either way, they’re ...

Cell-based cocoa startup California Cultured has transitioned to large-scale biomanufacturing in a key breakthrough for the alt-chocolate industry.

The nursery is one of four opened in the region last year as part of an ongoing effort to promote agroforestry—the practice ...

Climate change has turned the cocoa industry on its head and farmers are struggling to adapt out of a feeling of fear and despair.

On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is a kind of dragon’s ...

Now he has a new mission: to start a Los Angeles chocolate company. The challenge? Cacao trees don’t grow in the Southern California climate. Blackley and partner Asher Sefami approach the ...

speed up approvals “Now it will help the tree grow new fruit,” farmer Tari Santoso says with a smile. Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia like Santoso are working with businesses and ...

TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia (AP) — The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed ...

Gardeners who love chocolate may want to grow cacao and make their own chocolate. Cacao trees grow well here in Hawaii and with room for a small tree where it can have a shady overstory ...

less-productive trees and plant new ones to increase production, especially as farms are ravaged by diseases. Like other cocoa farmers, Mensah has diversified: He now grows cassava and maize ...

we offer practical guidelines for selecting shade trees that support climate resilient cocoa production," explained Dr Munir Hoffmann from Göttingen University’s Faculty of Agriculture, Tropical Plant ...