Remarkably, a cacao tree can live more than 200 years; however, they only typically produce cacao beans for roughly 25 years ...

Her book, "One Cacao Tree: how to make chocolate from fresh cacao pods," walks readers through the process of making tree-to-bar chocolate… but you'll need to live in a tropical climate to grow cacao.

Global Chocolate Supply Impacted, By Cacao Tree-Killing Virus. 'Newsweek' reports that the price of chocolate may be increasing after a virus ravaged cacao trees in western Africa - significantly ...

Carefully planting groundcover or shade-loving plants under the tree may work as long as you don’t add a thick layer of topsoil, avoid planting close to the tree trunk, and do your best to avoid ...

Securing a cacao tree, it turns out, isn’t all that difficult. Blackley found his first one on the auction site EBay. Then they had to learn what to do with it.

The farm is also open for the weekend only Nov. 16-17 for those who want a tree early, or guests can also tag a tree and cut it down later. Visit pineyacresfarm.com for times details, or call (317 ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising find from the Amazon Basin: three new species of plants closely related to Theobroma cacao, the tree that gives us chocolate. This finding, made by examining ...