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Regenerative cacao is defined as cacao (also known as "cocoa") that is produced on a farm that employs regenerative agriculture and agroforestry methods. It is most closely associated with the Ecuadorian chocolate company To’ak, the organic food supplier Navitas, the rainforest conservation organization TMA (Third Millennium Alliance), and the social-agricultural enterprise Terra Genesis.
The cocoa bean, also known as cocoa (/ ˈ k oʊ. k oʊ /) or cacao (/ k ə ˈ k aʊ /), [1] is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted.
Cocoa farming can only occur 15 degrees north or south of the Equator. It can take approximately three years after planting for the trees to be fruitful enough to harvest the pods. [2] Cocoa pods are pollinated by tiny flies called midges. Ripe cocoa pods, which are yellow in colour, are then cut down from the trees using a machete.
In Ghana, the Sankofa project, which means “going back”, and is a switch from conventional chemical-using monoculture cocoa farming to a more traditional approach, aims to help farmers cope ...
Slowly, they began bringing back more cacao and coffee farming. Vasquez considered how she could help the farmers and her family, along with the locally endangered wildcats in Peru. Teaming up ...
The chocolate industry in the Philippines developed after the introduction of the cocoa tree to Philippine agriculture. The growing of cacao or cocoa boasts a long history stretching from the colonial times. Originating from Mesoamerican forests, cacao was first introduced by the Spanish colonizers four centuries ago. [1]
Climate change is hitting yields of cocoa in Ghana and taking farmers “back to zero”, they have warned. Cocoa farmers in the Ahafo region of the west African country say climate change is ...
Cacao seed in the fruit or pocha from the Theobroma cacao tree Cocoa seeds being dried before roasting Cocoa seeds being roasted. Fair trade cocoa is an agricultural product harvested from a cocoa tree using a certified process which is followed by cocoa farmers, buyers, and chocolate manufacturers, and is designed to create sustainable incomes for farmers and their families.