According to a new report by independent research group Climate Central, the climate crisis has driven weeks of hot temperatures in West Africa’s “cocoa belt,” where roughly 70% of the cocoa in the world is produced, impacting harvests and likely causing record chocolate prices. Between July of 2022 and February of last year, cocoa prices […]
Picture this: a world where chocolate is as rare as gold. No more five-dollar bags of candy on Halloween. No more boxes of truffles on Valentine’s day. No more roasting s’mores by the campfire. No more hot chocolate on a cold winter’s day. Who wants to live in a world like that? Unfortunately, we all […]
By Mike Gaworecki At COP23, the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany that wrapped up last week, top cocoa-producing countries in West Africa announced new commitments to end the massive deforestation for cocoa that is occurring within their borders. Ivory Coast and Ghana are the number one and number two cocoa-producing nations on Earth, respectively. […]
By Davis Harper For several years, chocolate barons have devastated forests to make room to plant cocoa, a crop that naturally grows in shade. Now, a report from Mighty Earth—a nonprofit that works to conserve threatened landscapes—shows new evidence that illegal deforestation is occurring in protected areas; specifically, in the national parks of West Africa. […]
By Brianna Elliott Dark chocolate is incredibly healthy and nutritious. However, there are many brands available and not all of them are created equal. Dark chocolate is incredibly healthy and nutritious.Shutterstock Some are better than others, based on the ingredients and processing methods. So which one should you choose? Follow this guide to find out […]
By Meg Wilcox Read any article about Haiti’s environment and you’ll encounter the same grim statistic, that 98 percent of the country is deforested. That’s hard to fathom. How could a country possibly have only two percent tree cover? Death by a Thousand Cuts, a 2016 film that tells the tale of a brutal murder […]
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