Blueberry Chutney

As an option to traditional cranberry sauce – mix it up with Blueberry Chutney! Once you dip your mashed potatoes into this, there’s no turning back. The versatile sweetness of blueberries takes cranberry sauce to the next level.  This Blueberry Chutney is also a sensational match with grilled turkey,...

Frozen Blueberries for Market

Picking For Frozen As with picking for fresh-market, many things go into the decision for when and what to pick for our frozen-market.  Variety, customer needs, market demands and labor issues are just a few of the things that can work towards the decision of fresh vs. frozen. Once the decision for picking...

Blueberry Health Benefits

Health and Nutrition  source:  Chilean Blueberry CommitteeWith scarcely 80 exquisite calories per cup and practically no fat, blueberries offer important benefits to our nutrition and health.Blueberries are an excellent source of vitamin C. A portion contains approximately 14mg or almost 25 % of the daily...

Superfood: Blueberries

from: www.greatist.com WHY THEY’RE SUPER At 84 calories per cup, a serving of berries contains 14 percent of the suggested daily fiber and 24 percent of the suggested daily intake of Vitamin C. But it gets better. Research suggests blueberries deliver some even more powerful and long-lasting health...

Berry Food Safety Scrutiny

From: www.foodsafetynews.com It’s berry season.  Time for some chlorine. No, we’re not talking about chlorine as in sunglasses and swimming pools but rather chlorine as in berry farmers and irrigation water. And while the juxtaposition of swimming and irrigation water may at first seem far-fetched, the...

Blueberry Demand On the Rise in U.S.

from: U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council website Strides made since 2004 guide future marketing strategies Folsom, Calif. – New research from the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) shows Americans are nearly twice as likely as they were nine years ago to buy blueberries in the coming year, and the number...