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Bailique: A community protocol bears fruit

Posted on August 10, 2017 (November 10, 2022) by Ivan Ulchur-Rota

Iván Ulchur-Rota Açai (Euterpe oleracea) is a small black fruit that hangs from tall palms of the lowland regions in the Amazon. In the archipelago of Bailique, in the northeastern part of the Brazilian Amazon, farmers harvest the fruit by binding their feet together to form a stirrup that grips against the trunk of […]

What happened to camu camu? The rise, fall (and recovery) of an Amazon “super food”

Posted on March 8, 2017 (November 10, 2022) by Ivan Ulchur-Rota

In the Amazon city of Iquitos, Peru, people eat camu camu (Myrciaria dubia) with salt when it is still green. When the fruit matures, its sweet and sour yellow pulp is used to prepare juices and local desserts. When it’s in season, it is consumed everywhere for cheap. “People who eat it never […]

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