Growing Chocolate

Most of the food we eat looks very different before it gets to our table. Chocolate trees grow cacao beans in these yellow pods.

Greenhouse student worker with cacao tree

Greenhouse

The SDSU Greenhouse maintains plant collections used for teaching and research. Six different rooms of the Greenhouse depict different climatic conditions, housing approximately 400 species of plants from around the world. 

Special areas of the Greenhouse are set aside for research and class projects. Each year, more than 3,000 students rely on these collections to complete course requirements.