Times have changed, and this delicious fruit is now widely available, from Whole Foods to up-market grocery stores. A so-called “super-berry” that grows on palms trees in the Amazon, acai is a staple ...

It seems so long ago that I first tasted acai—a rich, purple palm fruit in the Amazon. I was living with Ipixuna indians on the Amazon river in Brazil, and some of the women in the family I was ...

There’s a new “superfruit” in town and it’s called acai. Pronounced ah-SIGH-ee, this Brazilian berry is being infused into seemingly everything, from juices and smoothies to cereal and nutrition bars.

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 ...

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, staining everything ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Açaí Bar and More food truck is bringing a completely new facet to the Evansville mobile dining scene — health food. The açaí bowls on the menu contain frozen organic açaí berry ...

There’s a new “superfruit” in town and it’s called acai. Pronounced ah-SIGH-ee, this Brazilian berry is being infused into seemingly everything, from juices and smoothies to cereal and nutrition bars.