Make Money Growing Fresh Acai
          Your Acai Trees can produce much more Acai berries than you may want or need. Why not sell some of those extra Acai berries to your health conscious neighbors. The demand for Fresh Acai and the lack of adequate supply can make your home grown Acai business very profitable. In fact Fresh Acai can be the most valuable and sought after item in any health food store. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to share your fresh Acai berries with your neighbors and earn money with an item so much in demand?

          Everyone loves Acai
          More and more people are learning about Acai’s many health benefits. In many stores the imported frozen Acai pulp and Acai drinks are sold faster than the store owners can restock their inventory. People are so excited about this superfood that U.S. consumers pay as much as 600 times the price that Acai costs in Brazil. And the Acai they are buying is usually only 14% Acai fruit, the rest is water used for processing. And the Acai that’s been pasteurized and frozen may be far less nutritious than the Acai found by scientists to contain all the super nutrients that people need.

The Economics of Acai
         When you buy imported pure frozen Acai pulp at the health food store you are only getting at best 14% Acai. The rest is water from the Amazon. At an average price of $8.00 for a frozen 400-gram pack (which is 86% water) you actually pay $8.00 for 56 grams of Acai. That comes to $64.00 per pound for actual Acai fruit. If you think that is a lot of money look at the Acai sold through a multi-level marketing company which uses only a few ounces of freeze dried Acai powder added to regular fruit juices. They bottle this diluted Acai fruit juice mix in fancy wine bottles. The MLM members sell it to each other for up to $40.00 a bottle. That comes to about $320.00 per pound for pure Acai. No wonder that company is so profitable. So if people are already paying $320 per pound of Acai mixed with other fruit juices or $64 per pound for frozen Acai pulp mixed with water, how much would a health conscious consumer be willing to pay for Acai berries picked fresh locally that contain all the super nutrients missing from the imported Acai?

Limited Supply and Big Demand
          The economic theory of supply and demand is the cornerstone of understanding commerce today. The rarer a desired item is and the greater the demand for that item, the higher the price that item will command in the store. Of course the ability to afford that rare item limits the number of people who can compete against each other to actually purchase it. So the ultimate price for a desired item in limited quantity is determined by the number of consumers who desire that item and can actually afford to purchase it. Given that most health conscious consumers today are well enough informed of the Acai berries super nutritional properties and that most of these consumers place great importance on the quality of their diet, there will be no shortage of health conscious consumers ready and anxious to buy your fresh Acai berries no matter where you live in the U.S.A.

What Should Fresh Acai Cost?
          One way to determine a fair price for fresh Acai berries would be to examine the prices your local health food store charges for any items comparable to fresh Acai berries. Chances are there is nothing comparable in the health food store. You could also look at the current price charged for a bottle of nutritional supplement and calculate how much more nutritious and healthful superfood Acai berries are compared to that supplement. By examining what consumers are willing to pay for existing products in the health food store, and remembering that rare and desirable fresh Acai berries should be the most expensive item per pound in that store you will get an idea what your fresh Acai berries are capable of selling for in your area.

How to Get Started
          Acai Trees can produce thousands of dollars worth of healthy, nutritious Acai Berries. Acai Berries picked fresh from your own Acai Tree have the maximum potency with nutrition and health benefits much greater than over-processed and diluted frozen and refrozen fruit shipped from thousands of miles away. Acai is one of the easiest palms to grow and it can be grown even in greenhouses in cold climates. Acai trees bear fruit in as little as 3 years from seed and can produce hundreds of pounds of Acai berries per year.

            You will likely need a greenhouse that can maintain good air circulation and a minimum temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The internet has many site dedicated to showing you how to build a greenhouse next to your home. There is also a lot of information available as well on how to heat your greenhouse naturally using solar power. Remember you only need the greenhouse protection for those seasons when the air temperature is too low for Acai.

          Your Acai Trees will arrive in a plastic nursery pot ready to be transplanted to a larger container. Simply cut away the plastic pot being careful not to harm the roots and gently place your Acai Tree in a larger container surrounding the root ball with fresh organic soil. Be careful to maintain the same soil level for the root ball that the Acai Tree had in the smaller pot because Acai Trees don’t like to be buried too deep. Fertilize your Acai Tree as needed and water the root ball thoroughly whenever it has dried out. A good rule of thumb is not to water until the surface of the soil feels dry and warm to the touch. Even though Acai Trees grow in the flood plains of the Amazon, we find they prefer not to be too wet for too long.

Order your Acai Trees as soon as possible as the demand for live Acai Trees is always great and they may not be available much longer for this season.