Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Edna dos Anjos Nascimento Siqueira, known as Bezinha, climbs an acai palm tree in her village of Ilha de Jussara in Brazil.

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 ...

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, ...

The açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea) - native to the Amazon - produces dark purple berry clusters highly prized in the food and beverage industry. Euterpe oleracea, commonly known as açaí, is a palm tree ...

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 ...