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The future of chocolate may depend on the success of growing cocoa not just in the tropics but also in the laboratory

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Climate change is wreaking havoc on the rainforests where the delicate cocoa beans grow, but cocoa lovers need not despair, say companies exploring other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa substitutes. Scientists and entrepreneurs are working on ways to produce more cocoa, with distribution extending well beyond the tropics… Read More »

Implications for AP study of cocoa from a protected Nigerian rainforest

OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — The habitat of a dwindling population of endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a victim of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation from the cultivation of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is destroying the Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria that helps combat climate… Read More »