The chocolate industry is seeing unprecedented times, with effects rippling all the way to grocery store shelves. This is how ...

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers are warning of a looming crisis: without financial support and fairer markets, cocoa yields will be “destroyed” by 2030. The West African nation is the biggest producer of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. cocoa growing on tree - Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty Images Chocolate is a universally beloved foodstuff, so it comes as no ...

Cacao is the raw, unprocessed part of the cacao tree used to produce chocolate — and there is no question it's a true treasure. Unfortunately, most chocolate manufacturers today only seek out the ...

Seamus Blackley is best known for creating the Xbox game console. Now he has a new mission: to start a Los Angeles chocolate company. The challenge? Cacao trees don’t grow in the Southern California ...

TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia (AP) — The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed ...

In Cameroon, the astonishing surge in the price of cocoa has Banyuy Elsie Kinyuy planning the next chapter of her life. In November, the 57-year-old high school tutor bought a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) ...

There is a massive problem in West Africa, and the chocolate supply is facing a significant threat as the cacao tree virus is affecting farms and rapidly spreading in the country's regions. As much as ...