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Theobroma Cacao is the tree that produces cocoa beans, and it means “food of the gods.” Carolus Linnaeus, the father of plant taxonomy, named it.

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There are an estimated 1.5 million cocoa farms in West Africa.

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Most cocoa–70 percent–hails from West Africa.

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Cocoa is raised by hand, on small, family-owned farms.

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Cacao leaves can move 90 degrees, from horizontal to vertical, to get sun and to protect younger leaves.

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Some cacao trees are more than 200 years old, but most give marketable cocoa beans for only the first 25 years.

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The average size of a cocoa farm in West Africa is 7 to 10 acres.

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Rudolph Lindt designed the first conching machine, its bed curved like a conch shell.

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Cote d’Ivoire is the single largest producer of cocoa, providing roughly 40 percent of the world’s supply.

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Through some programs supported by industry and partners including foundations and governments, farmers are now earning between 20 percent and 55 percent more from their crops.