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.

GROWING CACAO TREES IN SOUTH FLORIDA. Select an area protected from wind. Growing cacao plants under the protection of mature canopy trees is an option as they are tolerant of shade.

Cacao fruits are seen growing on cacao trees on a traditional cacao farm on December 2, 2021 in Cuernavaca, Colombia. (Jan Sochor / Getty Images) ...

Cacao fruits are seen growing on cacao trees on a traditional cacao farm on Dec. 2, 2021 in Cuernavaca, Colombia. (Jan Sochor / Getty Images) Topline: ...

Blackley is growing cacao trees. And he says this latest obsession — Blackley went viral during the worst days of the pandemic for his dedication to baking bread with ancient, centuries-old ...

Plant of the Month — Cacao – Features | West Hawaii Today. Tuesday, July 1, 2025. ... Cacao trees can be grown in a large pot or planted into your garden once they are about 2 feet tall.

Cocoa trees grow in hot and humid climates near the equator. Traditionally, these trees are raised together in mixed groves with other types of trees and plants that can cool the air and provide ...

Cacao trees — the source of chocolate — grow well in rainforests, and rainforests store carbon. So researchers are working to help preserve the forest and to grow more chocolate.

Everybody loves chocolate. There’s dark chocolate, milk chocolate and even white chocolate, but they all start with beans ...

Chocoholics may want to stock up on candy bars while they can — a devastating disease is ravaging the cacao trees in West Africa, potentially putting the global chocolate supply in jeopardy ...

Moniliophthora roreri is a basidiomycete fungus that causes frosty pod rot disease, one of the most serious problems for cacao production in Latin America. “This fungus is phenomenally unusual ...