Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.

Cocoa farming supports an estimated six million farming families across West Africa, along with tens of millions more in related supply chain roles.

BETTENDORF, Iowa — Rebecca Burns was born with her business. Her mother ran a strict no-candy household, but she still managed to turned her childhood sweet tooth into a 20-year passion. As sweet as ...

Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa ...

By Stephen AGBEMASIKUOn the morning of 12 February 2026, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, stepped before cameras to deliver news that shook the cocoa belt from Brong-Ahafo to the ...

A dramatic decline in cocoa production owing to bad weather and disease in West Africa caused prices to skyrocket, putting pressure on European chocolate makers and raising prices for consumers ...

BILL. THANKS. WE’RE LIVING THROUGH A BIT OF A COCO SLUMP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF DROUGHT IN THE REGIONS. IT GROWS IN MEANING PRICES OF THE CHOCOLATE. SOME OF YOU ENJOY ARE RISING IN COSTS. WE WENT TO ...

Mars, the chocolate giant that makes M&Ms and Snickers, uses cocoa that is harvested by children as young as five years old in Ghana, according to a bombshell report. An unidentified whistleblower ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KABC) -- Chocolate makers are trying to get ahead of climate change. That involves food scientists researching new ways to grow cocoa beans. The company California Cultured is ...

Cocoa bean fermentation is a complex and dynamic microbiological process that transforms harvested cocoa pods into precursors essential for flavour and quality in chocolate production. This process ...