Sentences with phrase «for cacao tree»

Even the scientific name for the cacao tree honors this ancient fervor for all things chocolate: Theobroma cacao means, roughly, «food of the gods.»

Chocolate, or cacao, is thought to have been used by humans for over 2,000 years and since the Latin name for cacao tree literally translates to «food of the gods», chocolate is something that vegans should not have to go without and nor do they need to.

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They're close to the equator and have plenty of rainfall — the perfect conditions for growing cacao trees.

For decorations, my kids and I used pink and green sprinkles made with vegetable colorants (from India Tree) and dark chocolate chips (65 percent cacao — from Sunspire).

The occasion for this week's unforced offering of the processed seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree was the news of Mr. Blass's retirement from public office.

That finding raises prospects for eco-sensitive disease control — spraying cacao trees with beneficial fungi, for instance, or planting them alongside endophyte donor plants.

Howard Yana - Shapiro, a researcher for Mars, is hoping to engineer new strains of the cacao tree that would provide yield more pods, would grow quicker, and / or would be pest resistant.

In subsequent breeding efforts, the breeders can quickly determine if new cultivars carry that trait or other useful traits for the next generation of cacao trees.

The trees play an absolutely critical role in rural life,» observes Peter Läderach of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, who has led research into the effects of climate change on cacao farming in Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Vietnamese growers — some of whom are encountering falling water levels as a result of unsustainable groundwater use — are making reservoirs to collect rainwater for irrigating the cacao trees.

The findings mean that 36 to 57 percent of Amazon trees could qualify for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's red list of threatened species, including the commercially valuable Brazil Nut and Cacao.

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Feed Me Phoebe: Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie with Cacao Nibs Poet in the Pantry: Strawberry Lemonade (Sweetened with Pure Maple Syrup) Dishin & Dishes: Summertime Basil Lemonade Jeanette's Healthy Living: Frozen Mango Lemonade Mocktail Dishing With Divya: Thandai Virtually Homemade: Strawberry Soda with Lime The Lemon Bowl: Banana Licuado (Mexican Smoothie) Weelicious: Mermaid Deep Sea Punch Elephants and the Coconut Trees: Mango Lassi Cooking With Elise: Black Cherry Sweet Tea Devour: 5 Booze - Free Picnic Sips Taste With The Eyes: Roasted Barley - Corn Tea Domesticate Me: Vegan «Orange Julius» Smoothie Daily * Dishin: Sweet Balsamic Spritzers FN Dish: Refreshing Summer Drinks for the Whole Family

Top crop: Indigenous to the tropical forests of Central America, cacao trees have grown wild in Belize for some 3,000 years — flourishing in the humid microclimates of cenotes — and farmed since around 250 B.C. Today Belize's cacao farmers, mostly in the country's southern Toledo District, cultivate the native Criollo plant, which is considered to be the highest quality cacao bean native to Central America.

Sloths make themselves at home in cacao trees; look for them lounging in the branches and nibbling on the oversized green leaves or hanging upside down from the branches.

The surroundings of the waterfalls with its mahogany forest, orchids, black macaque monkeys and trees full of coffee and cacao beans compensate for the challenging trek to the waterfalls.