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A couple in Tanay, Rizal, both retirees from their respective jobs in the private sector, is seeing the continuing growth of the cacao industry in the province this year. Romeo and Nancy Casco, who are both hands-on in their cacao farm located at Sitio Sampiro in Barangay Plaza Aldea, told Manila...

There's no doubt coffee is one of the most popular drinks worldwide. Fueled by a love for coffee, a startup in Costa Rica started creating bean-less coffee in a bid to make it more sustainable and save it from the perils of climate change.  Photo: Tom Swinnen/Pexels Coffee has always been...

Auro Chocolate is an award-winning Filipino chocolate brand that sources cacao beans from farmers in Davao. The company works directly with five cocoa-producing cooperatives and 50 individual farmers, representing over a thousand families.  Read: Empowering local farmers through chocolate Ira...

Nestlé Philippines has increased its local purchases of Robusta coffee beans for this crop year (2019-2020) by 27 percent over the previous crop year, higher than originally expected as local crop yields have been better than forecast. Nestle Philippines announced this as it pays tribute today,...

Whether cooked sweet or savory, the mung bean makes for a mean dish A staple in any Filipino kitchen, mung bean is a nutritious and versatile ingredient. Belonging to the legume family, mung bean was cultivated in East Asia, mainly in Persia and India, and later spread to China and throughout...