Acai berry craze: boon or threat for the Amazon?
Farmer Jose Santos Diogo harvests berries from an acai palm tree at his plantation in Abaetetuba, Para State. Working in the sweltering heat of the Brazilian Amazon, Jose Diogo scales a tree and harvests a cluster of black berries: acai, the trendy “superfood” reshaping the world’s biggest rainforest—for better and worse. Diogo, 41, who lives
Randy Damron
August 26, 2023