Chocolate lowland climate in the narrow band of latitudes where cacao is grown (20 degrees north and south of the equator), the commercial company Mars, Incorporated and the University of California, Berkeley are conducting genomic research in 2017–18 to improve the survivability of cacao plants in hot climates. Chocolate is made from cocoa beans, the dried and fermented seeds of the cacao tree ("Theobroma cacao"), a small, 4–8 m tall (15–26 ft tall) evergreen tree native to the deep tropical region of the Americas. Recent genetic studies suggest the most common genotype of the plant originated in the Amazon basin and
Seed to Tree the group signed with Believe Digital, an international online music distributor covering artist and label services. Seed to Tree was founded by the two members Georges Goerens and Benjamin Heidrich in 2009 when they started playing guitar and singing together. In 2010, drummer Michi Mentgen joined the band. After going through a long list of names, the three of them settled on “Seed to Tree”, based on the track “Seed to a Tree” by Blind Melon. 2010 saw them starting to play local bars (becoming local resident of the Irish pub “The Pyg” in the Clausen part of Luxembourg City)