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

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

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

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

cacao is the fermented and dried seed of the Theobroma cacao tree, from which cocoa powder and cocoa butter are extracted. Cacao is also the base ingredient for chocolate. The fruit of the cacao ...

Where Does Raw Cacao Come From? Raw cacao comes from the beans of the Theobroma cacao tree. The beans, technically seeds, grow within pods in the Baba part of the plant. The Baba is a fleshy white ...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Friday closed up +101 (+0.91%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +46 (+0.51%). Cocoa prices Friday settled moderately higher. Friday's weaker dollar ...

The company uses cell culture technology to grow 100 percent natural cocoa from just one or two beans. Its aim is to 'eliminate the industry's costly reliance on fragile rainforests,' the ...

Cocoa closed out 2024 ahead of every major commodity, after a year of poor weather and weak harvests sparked a triple-digit gain for the bean. Cocoa gained about 172% in the past year, briefly ...

Coffee and cocoa are expected to be two commodities with some of the largest price hikes this year, after both products experiencing significant worldwide shortages. Cocoa prices have jumped 167 ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cocoa and coffee are poised to close 2024 as the biggest gainers among commodities for a second year on a global supply deficit, while steel-making coal will end as the worst ...

Some Ivory Coast and Nigerian cocoa farmers reported that cocoa trees are beginning to suffer the effects of the seasonal dry and dusty Harmattan winds, with leaves turning yellow and the ...