Sustainable chocolate improves transparency and ethical sourcing but largely overlooks cocoa's core climate resilience problem, leaving supply chains more vulnerable.

Chocolate is one of the worst foods you can buy, in terms of the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. But some people are trying to change that. The long black pruning poles looked cumbersome. But the ...

As Valentine's Day approaches, the craving for chocolate intensifies. But chocolate continues to face a significant challenge: Climate change is threatening cacao production, particularly in West ...

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26) on Friday closed down -176 (-4.29%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN26) closed down -112 (-3.63%). Cocoa prices settled sharply lower on Friday, pressured by rising ...

Climate change is increasing pressure on farmers around the world as rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events make growing conditions less predictable.

In Côte d’Ivoire, employees at Fairtrade-certified cocoa cooperatives have higher salaries and better working conditions than those at non-certified organizations. Farm laborers, on the other hand, ...

Confectionery maker Meiji announced plans to sell chocolate-flavored foods made with cell-cultured cacao in the United States ...

Witches' broom disease, caused by the fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa, decimated cocoa crops in southern Bahia state, Brazil, in the 1990s. It was even the subject of a local soap opera and continues ...