Tag: açaí

News

01/18/2023

Young Brazilian farmer takes Amazonian experience to a global forum

Quésia Sá Pavão represents Brazil in one of the world’s most important events related to our food systems and their challenges, the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). She has joined the International Young Farmers Forum, a meeting that is part of the GFFA, with a group of 20 young leaders from around the […]

Discover

09/14/2022

Brazilian farmers meet the Asian market in a trade mission in Singapore

Last week, Brazilian Farmers attended the Food and Hotel Asia (FHA 2022) fair, held in Singapore, as part of a trade mission to connect Brazilian producers with international buyers. Açaí, along with other delicious fruits, honey, Brazilian spirit cachaça, sugar, and many other products were presented to the international market. The mission aimed to promote […]

Stories

07/27/2022

Francisco Caio Vasconcelos: “Only education takes you far”

When I think about my personal and professional whole career, I see the difficulties and challenges overcome amid financial and family tribulations at the beginning of high school, then at graduation. They continued after my master’s degree, when I had access to a scholarship that provided better food and favorable conditions for study. So, when […]

Fruit

09/20/2021

Açaí: a superfood legend from the Amazon forest

You might recognize it from smoothies and posts on social media, but do you know how an açaí berry looks like and how it is eaten in the North of Brazil, where it is native from? Almost 95% of all açaí consumed in the world comes from the Pará state, in the Brazilian North Region. […]

Fruit

11/14/2019

Brazilian Farmers Celebrate the Opening of Chinese Market for Brazilian Melons

In Brazil, farmers and the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA) celebrated the opening of the Chinese market for Brazilian melon exports. The deal was announced Wednesday, after a bilateral meeting between President Jair Bolsonaro and China’s President Xi Jinping. The meeting took place in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, during the XI Brics Summit. The […]