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Pollination of the Wild Blueberry Crop
Spring is a very important time for Wild Blueberry farmers in Maine, Eastern Canada and Quebec where the Wild ones grow. This is when migratory beekeepers move tens of thousands of beehives into farmers’ fields to perform the invaluable service of pollinating their crop just as it is flowering. This… Read More
Enter to Win a Cooking Light Chill Cookbook via Our Wild Blueberries Chill Twitter Contest
Recently, Wild Blueberries partnered with Cooking Light Magazine to help launch its new cookbook Chill: Smoothies, Slushes, Shakes, Juices,Drinks & Ices which includes a wonderful collection of healthy summer beverage recipes made with real ingredients like Wild Blueberries. Want to get in on the yummy smoothie action… Read More
New Cookbook Cooking Light Chill: Smoothies, Slushes, Shakes, Juices, Drinks & Ices Has Great Recipes Using Wild Blueberries
Shaun Chavis shared with us the inspiration behind Cooking Light Chill. How did the idea for Chill come about? Why a cookbook with recipes for healthy smoothies, slushes, shakes and juices? SC:One of the things Cooking Light does so well is to show people… Read More
Green Days: National Salad Month Goes Blue!
Salads just aren’t what the used to be, and that’s a good thing. In fact, May is a month dedicated to salads – it’s National Salad Month, a perfect time to take a close look at your big bowl of greens and make sure it represents this brave new world…. Read More
Blueberry Rakers: Wild’s History on Display
PMA Show is a Tribute to Harvesting Traditions The images are rendered in black and white, a medium that illustrates the rough-hewn world of field labor. The subjects are workers and their families who formed the Wild Blueberry raking crews. They are engaged in work and rest, framed by the… Read More
Plants Spring to Life in Wild Blueberry Country
The Harvest is Months Away, But Growers Are Thinking Blue Each year when winter is slowly replaced by high sun and rising temperatures, our thoughts naturally turn to planting. It means spring is on the way, and the time for taking advantage of the earth’s bounties is close at hand…. Read More
What’s Frozen Good For? Wild Blueberry Baking (Among Other Things)
Got a taste for something sweet, flaky, and not so big that it will spoil both dinner and breakfast the next day? The Hartford Courant’s Linda Giuca has the right idea. Over at the Courant, they are just close enough to the heart of wild blueberry country (Maine, Quebec and… Read More
Build A Healthy Plate
MyPlate Takes Its Healthy Eating Message Viral MyPlate is on a mission. This colorful little icon – the visual reminder that each meal we eat should include food groups in designated portions – is looking to turn our less-than-healthy plates into vibrant, healthful ones – in short, to help us… Read More
Double Life as a Maine Wild Blueberry Farmer
NatGeo Traveler Editor Comes Clean About Life in the Fields Costas Christ, Editor-at-Large at National Geographic Traveler, admits that he may have surprised a few of his friends when he wrote in his Traveler column, “Tales From The Frontier”, that his life is split between his role as an international… Read More
Jam: Winter’s Taste of Summer Relies on Frozen
Fruit jams are sometimes referred to as “summer in a jar”, and no wonder. Jam is fruit in the extreme, providing a perfect taste bud boost when spring is still several long weeks away. Even those who didn’t share in an annual canning ritual during the summer months can take… Read More
