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

Caffeine, the world’s most consumed psychoactive alkaloid, is found in over 30 plants species, including coffee and tea plants, the Theobroma cacao tree (from where we get chocolate) and kola nuts.

Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation ...

Private placement of $6.5 million with a global investor and entrepreneur, Mr. Alejandro Weinstein, who will join Pluri’s Board of DirectorsPluri ...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Thursday closed down -319 (-2.95%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed down -217 (-2.48%). Cocoa prices Thursday fell to 1-week lows and closed moderately ...

Janay Wright writes about food, events and the outdoors for The Bend Bulletin. As the company’s Audience Engagement and ...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Friday closed up +671 (+6.39%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +426 (+4.99%). Cocoa prices surged Friday after North American Q4 cocoa grindings fell ...

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The Sweet Arrow Lake Conservation Association and Schuylkill Conservation District are cooperating to sell quality seedlings.

New businesses are reinvigorating the small desert city of 29 Palms, located just 20 minutes from Joshua Tree. Here are nine ...

Authored by Janina Gomes Jesus’s birth is meant to change us all. This reveals to us the profound love of God for humanity, a love that is inclusive, transformative and available to all ...