Rows of young trees stretch toward the cloud-strewn sky at a plant nursery in Rantabe, a village abutting a bay on the northeastern end of Madagascar. Clove saplings sprouting glossy, bright green ...

Israeli start-up Vanilla Vida is leveraging smart farming to overcome the ‘biggest pain point’ for flavour houses in the natural vanilla market: an unstable supply chain. Producing natural vanilla for ...

Indonesia is a distant second to top producer Madagascar, which provides 80% of world supply. The coronavirus pandemic has boosted consumer demand for vanilla, as well as that from packaged food ...

Many farmers are not aware of the value of vanilla beans whose market prices range from at least Sh60,000 to Sh70,000 a kilo.

Editor's note: The online version of this story has been updated to note that vanilla is native to Central and South America. Ice cream, yogurt, cookies, cakes, pies and more. Everyone has a favorite ...

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Vanilla originates from the pods of the orchid Vanilla planifolia, a delicate crop that requires manual pollination and careful curing. This labour-intensive process makes natural vanilla one of the ...