Most people there make a living tending to vanilla beans but also to crops such as rice, bananas and coffee on small plots of ...

and Tahitian vanilla beans are the most expensive in the world. Most people have heard of Madagascar vanilla, which isn't surprising since the island produces 80% of the world's supply.

Vanilla is native to Mexico, but deforestation there has greatly reduced its natural habitat. In Madagascar, where over 80% of vanilla is produced, the flowers have to be pollinated by hand.

On the bright side, it had a good, pleasantly creamy texture. Wegmans' Madagascar vanilla ice cream came in the smallest container of the four. According to Wegmans' packaging, this ice cream is ...

Farmers who once saw vanilla as their gateway to prosperity now find themselves trapped in a relentless cycle of uncertainty.

It’s named after Edmond Albius, an enslaved botanist from Madagascar who is credited with innovating the way that vanilla was cultivated in the 19th century by coming up with a method of manual ...