“The native peoples were very knowledgeable ... Cracking cocoa beans into nibs is a step in the long process of creating chocolate. Alamy Vanilla pods. Alamy Some 75 years after Cortés returned ...

Similar to chocolate though, vanilla also arrived in North America ... the Melipona bee -- although it was later shown that other native bee species could also help vanilla reproduce.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Angela Mason Foster Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer Few plants have ...

founder of Chocolate On Purpose makes chocolate that’s not just delicious but also serves as a vehicle to deliver health benefits of native plants, promote Indigenous knowledge and culture ...