Answer: Anywhere with subtropical temperatures.
Our focus is to help gardeners and farmers try the traditional methods for açaí production that have been in use in the Amazon for centuries as a means of subsistence. In tropical climates, recreating the ancient production methods is the best way to ensure a pure acai content and clean, sustainable growing practices.
Instead of relying on overpriced imported açaí supplements, one can enjoy the benefits of this Amazonian fruit grown in their own surroundings with our productive Pará Dwarf variety.
Our açaí palms are thriving in subtropical US regions like South Florida, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. In Brazil, they can be seen outside of their native Amazon in the southern state of São Paulo, which has a similar winter to Tampa, Florida with winter cold fronts. The typical sandy soil that is common in Florida should be combined with peat moss and black dirt for the palms after they are in the ground. This will help keep the palms a bright green color. Euterpe Oleracea Pará Dwarf is a great plant for any subtropical garden.
We have helped many growers start açaí in warm regions of Australia. The palms are at home in the tropical and sub-tropical conditions, especially in North Queensland.
In many regions around the world, there exists ideal conditions for acai production. Most notably in the tropical forests of Malaysia. We have helped many growers begin açaí production in suburban Kuala Lumpur and rural Sarawak.
With the abundant monsoonal rain and warm climate, the acai palms are doing very well in many locations in Asia, including Thailand and Cambodia. Our first shipments to Malaysia were during 2008. Not only do gardeners have a direct source of the açaí health benefits, the açaí palm, Euterpe Oleracea is a great addition to a tropical garden for ornamental purposes.
Since the beginning of the commercial success of açaí, the wholesale price has increased by a multiple of 60. A nutritious staple is now a luxury, as many poor are now priced out of an important part of their diet. Though it would take many years to counteract this problem with worldwide açaí production, growing açaí locally is a positive way to not contribute to hunger in the Amazon.
By encouraging home production, we hope to lessen the effects of hunger on the native populations in the Amazon, which do not benefit from the profits of the health product corporations.
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