Açaí

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Açaí is a fast-growing export from Para State, Brazil. The açaí market in Belém, the capital, where much of what is sold is headed overseas. More Photos >
By SETH KUGEL
Published: February 23, 2010
CAMETÁ, Brazil

CLUSTERED high up in the slender, tilting palms of the eastern Amazon, the little purple orbs known as açaí look mighty, like blueberries that took a very wrong turn out of Maine. These are no mere muffin makers, though. More