Acai, also known as “açaí,” is popular in the United States for its berries and juice. It comes from an Amazonian palm tree, Euterpe oleracea. Acai is grown in Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela. It needs ...

Low-impact farming methods benefit both pollinators and açaí fruit production, scientists from Embrapa and other Brazilian institutions have found. In a new study published in the Journal of Applied ...

Acai berry production has grown around 50% in the past decade, driven by a dozen or so women in the tiny community of Ilha da Jussara, at the northern tip of the Brazilian Amazon. In the tiny ...

NPR's Scott Simon details how many of Brazil's açaí berries are harvested: by children. Opinion: Do you know who's picking your açaí berries? I've had açaí berries, being one of those Americans who ...

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The current açaí (Euterpe oleracea) harvest has fallen by 30% to 40%, and the price of a basket (paneiro) of the fruit has jumped from BRL 50 last year to BRL 80 this year. This occurred despite a ...

Macapá, Brazil (CNN) — At the port of Igarapé da Fortaleza, in the far north of Brazil, dock workers unload large orange-red sacks from small wooden boats. Small dark berries scatter around the dock, ...

I've had açaí berries, being one of those Americans who longs to be healthier, especially if I can do it by plopping a few berries into a smoothie. Açaí, which to me taste a little like dull ...