A farmer holds an opened cocoa pod at a plantation in Tanjung Rejo ... through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed ...

It takes five years for a tree to start producing the seeds that are processed into cocoa used ... which have released a new variant of cocoa that produces more pods per tree. Challenges still remain, ...

Cacao pods, which grow directly from the trunk and branches of the cacao tree, contain seeds surrounded by a sweet-tasting pulp. (This photo of a cacao tree growing in Belize illustrates how these ...

It takes five years for a tree to start producing the seeds that are processed into cocoa used ... which have released a new variant of cocoa that produces more pods per tree. Challenges still remain, ...

With around 10,000 trees, it’s Lavaloha’s main commodity. From seed to orchard, the cacao growing process can take up to two years. Once the pods turn vibrant colors – orange, red, maroon and yellow – ...

Ivory Coast will slash the amount of cocoa it sells on international markets from the upcoming crop, according to two ...

It takes five years for a tree to start producing the seeds that are processed ... which have released a new variant of cocoa that produces more pods per tree. Challenges still remain, said ...

For members of the Sani Warmi collective in Amazonian Ecuador, the day begins before sunrise. They tend to the chacra — their ...

Astronaut at Space Coast, 6 p.m.; The Classical Academy of Sarasota vs. Brevard HEAT (SSAA tournament), 4 p.m.; Cocoa at Palm ...

Digna Coquinche, president of the Sani Warmi women’s association, holds a white cacao pod (Theobroma bicolor ... the collective learnt to make jewelry with seeds from the forest.