As a result, children are being sent on dangerous journeys to harvest the fruit, climbing trees as tall as 70 feet without harnesses, and exposing themselves to the perils of the swamps of the ...

Acai – sometimes written as açaí – is an inch-long, reddish-purple berry that comes from a South American palm tree. While acai is relatively new to North American and European markets ...

What Are Acai Berries? Acai berries are 1-inch (2.5-cm) round fruits that grow on acai palm trees in the rainforests of Central and South America. They have a dark purple skin and yellow flesh ...

Including the Right Way to Soak Them "Acai" refers to the berries of the acai palm tree, a tropical plant native to Central ...

A man climbs a tall palm tree to harvest acai berries, a key export for the region, near Belém in October 2019. Photograph By VICTOR MORIYAMA/The New York Times/Redux She expected to find high ...

When he spots a bunch of ripe fruit, he jumps onto the tree trunk, grasping it with his feet, and slithers up with his knife – all the way up to the berries, seen as a superfood in many wealthy ...

Found on açai palm trees in South American rainforests, açai berries are a lot like grapes ... “Unsweetened acai is tart and earthy, which is why it’s often manufactured with sweeteners ...

Acai berries are the fruit of the acai palm tree, which grows in the rainforests of South America. The trees can grow up to a height of 25m and its berries are reddish-purple in colour and about 2,5cm ...

“At first, the husbands took care of the product, of the production,” said Edna dos Anjos Nascimento Siqueira, known as Bezinha, as she stripped the small dark fruit from acai palm tree ...