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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 22 > Acai’s a phenom, but at a cost to rain forest?

Acai’s a phenom, but at a cost to rain forest?

By Patrick J. McDonnell / The Bulletin
September 22, 2008

BELEM, Brazil — A frenzy overtakes the teeming harbor here as a wooden-hulled riverboat chugs into port.

“It’s here!” cries an expectant buyer, one of many shoving his way toward the craft in a sweaty mercantile crush. “The gold! The purple....

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