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"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 branches ...

Bezinha and her husband, Jose Renato, cut acai berry from a palm tree during harvest on Jussara Island, Brazil, in December 2024. [Photo: Reuters/Anderson Coelho] In the tiny community of Ilha da ...

In the Amazon, Women Lead Efforts to Grow Acai Berry Production By Isabel Teles SAO PAULO (Reuters) - In the tiny community of Ilha da Jussara, at the northern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, growing ...

STORY: Edna dos Anjos Nascimento Siqueira, known as Bezinha, climbs an acai palm tree in her village of Ilha de Jussara in Brazil. She's harvesting acai berries, a superfood known for its nutritional ...