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The journey of cacao began with Indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. It is a sacred plant and centered in many rituals. For the ...

Before, anyone who wanted to grow cacao at 1,200 or 1,500 meters [3,900 to 4,900 feet] altitude was considered crazy,” says ...

Last mango season, chef Gokul Kumar aka Goku hosted a pop-up celebrating the fruit — leaf, wood, seed, blossom and all — ...

This upcoming pop-up reimagines Indian iterations of the fruit through a storytelling-led menu that journeys from local farms ...

Hawaii has long been known for its rich agricultural heritage, with crops like coffee sustaining generations of islanders. However, there is a new contender ...

Texts from the 16th century show the plant was used by Indigenous people medicinally to treat an array of ailments and cacao was consumed in rituals and ceremonies, mostly to repair relationships ...

Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater discuss their new book, "Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: Modern Plant-Based Recipes Using ...

Plant development is the process by which structures ... coordinated spatial patterns of chloroplasts and stomata during cacao leaf development, suggesting an acropetal maturation process crucial ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern Peru revealed genetic divergence and evolutionary patterns within Theobroma cacao. Chloroplast genome ...

Mark your calendar for the Big Island Chocolate Festival, April 10 to April 12, and learn everything from growing to eating ...