A disease called black pod rot is attacking cacao pods, damaging crops and putting the global chocolate supply at risk. The disease, caused by an organism that shrivels cacao pods and destroys the ...

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.

Gabriela Glueck, Good Food's Julia Child reporting fellow, visited California Cultured to find out how lab-grown chocolate is ...

Extreme temperatures hit cocoa supplies as vulnerable farmers struggle to adapt to climate impacts in time for Valentine's ...

Valentine’s Day 2025 sees a 512% surge in chocolate sales, despite soaring cocoa prices and supply chain challenges. Discover ...

Dimitra is offering AI-driven apps and IoT-based sensors to cocoa farmers to track the conditions of the crop.

ICE NY cocoa on Friday closed down -222 (-2.14%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 closed down -156 (-1.91%). Cocoa prices Friday fell back after the rally seen earlier this we ...

If urgent action isn’t taken, key cocoa-producing regions like Ivory Coast and Ghana — responsible for 60 percent of the world’s cocoa output — could become unsuitable for cultivation within the next ...

Thursday closed up +375 (+3.75%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +164 (+2.05%). Cocoa prices rallied sharply ...

Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...

He packaged the sweet chocolates in lovely heart-shaped boxes adorned with Cupids and rosebuds, and marketed them around Valentine’s Day.