OREGON BLUEBERRY GROWER DRIVEN SINCE 1973We understand growers because we’ve been growers ourselves for more than 40 years. We were amongst the first large blueberry farms in the Western United States and today we are one of the largest wholesale blueberry nurseries in North America. We ...
small farmsfertilityirrigationmarketingpest managementCertified organic blueberry area in the USA grew nearly ten-fold from 2003 to 2011. In 2015, there were an estimated 283 ha of certified organic blueberry in Oregon. New transitional and organic blueberry (Vaccinium sp.) fields continue to be ...
Oregon’s ideal growing conditions and dedicated growers have earned Oregon a reputation for producing the best quality fruit with the highest crop yields in the nation. Oregon farms range from large operations that ship their crop worldwide, to small family farms offering on-farm sales. Oregon h...
Cheldelin Farms is Oregon's (as far as we know) first self-service U-Pick blueberry field. Buckets will be available for your use, and we ask that you bring your own container and make sure to return any borrowed buckets at the end of your trip. Payment can be made with exact cash...
While Maine is the leader of lowbush blueberry production in the United States, Michigan is the leader in highbush production.[3] In 1998, Michigan farms produced 49 million pounds of blueberries, accounting for 32% of the small, round berries eaten in the United States.[4]Significant ...
That’s why on my recent trip to Oregon I couldn’t resist visiting two local farms to gather some fresh cocktail ingredients. First stop: Lavender. Mountainside Lavender Farm A short drive outside Portland,Mountainside Lavender Farmhas fields of stunning French and English lavender ready to be ...
Widespread monitoring detected this species in 11 counties and over 90% of sampled farms and nurseries. From 2009 to 2011, emergence traps, observational sampling for damage, and shoot tip dissections revealed multiple peaks of activity from May through August with consistent degree day accumulations...
If this wasn't bad enough for Maine's 500 or so wild blueberry farms, it comes against a backdrop of being caught up in President Trump's trade wars with China, a global glut of blueberries - and the impact of coronavirus. There are, in simple terms, two types of blueberry plants ...
vast array; I walk into a market, look into the clamshell package and go “Oh! Blueberries.” I just figured one blueberry was very much the same as another, whether it came from Maine or Florida, Oregon or Timbuktu. Wrong again (but I get that impression a lot when I visit farms....
the weekend puts the wild blueberry and the people who care for and harvest this special crop on center stage. Come celebrate and learn more about the state’s native berry by exploring multiple Maine wild blueberry farms, which are open and free to the public in Cumberland, Franklin, Hanco...