Companies finding new ways to grow cocoa

By Associated Press

Sep 03, 2024 12:10 am

WEST SACRAMENTO, California — 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 substitutes.

Scientists and entrepreneurs are working on ways to make more cocoa that stretch well beyond the tropics, from Northern California to Israel.

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