If you needed another reason to be environmentally responsible, you've got one now.
Cacao grows under the canopy in rainforests with a high level of biodiversity, so it is one of the crops most threatened by climate change. Some experts fear that chocolate could be "as rare and as expensive as caviar in 20 years."
Increasing demand and economic distress in cocoa-producing countries has led to unwise farming practices which not only limit the sustainability of cacao production in the near future, but also add to the overall environmental dangers for the long term.
While some agriculturists are working to change cacao's needed growing conditions, consumers can help by going green and choosing shade-grown chocolate when they have the option.
