Vanilla beans and vanilla extract—both derived from the Vanilla Planifolia orchid—are often used in many cosmetic and skin care products. This mighty ingredient not only provides a delicious ...

planifolia). However, it inherits different flavor characteristics from the place in which it was grown and the process used to cure the beans. Vanilla is similar to wine, with the same species ...

Vanilla beans begin as the seedpods of a tropical ... that it blooms or else the stem bears no fruit. In Mexico, Vanilla planifolia co-evolved with its pollinator, the melipona bee.

Aspiring vanilla growers and seasoned agriculturalists in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are invited to a ...

The Vanilla Bean Project, launched by a Lakeland couple, aims to inject a dose of sustainability into the overseas vanilla ...