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Wild blueberries boost young people’s mood

Consuming flavonoid-rich foods such as wild blueberries can have a significant positive effect on young people’s mood, a University of

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Canada: BC blueberry industry eyes bigger share of Japanese market

Canada’s British Columbia Blueberry Council (BCBC) has said it will once again be exhibiting at Japan’s premier food and beverage trade

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African Blue sees ‘best blueberry crop yet’ in Morocco, says Costa exec

Now in its ninth year of production, a pioneering blueberry project in Morocco is in an ideal position in 2017

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‘There will be problems if berry category doesn’t change’, says SanLucar exec

“I think now there’s a stage where everybody is getting a little bit nervous…it used to be easy to have

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Jumbo blueberry to boost NZ industry by $8m in two years

A jumbo blueberry the size of a $2 coin is about to be planted in New Zealand, boosting the $57

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Driscoll’s names GM of northern production region

Watsonville, Calif.-based Driscoll’s has selected Brie Reiter Smith as general manager of the northern production region, which includes Watsonville and

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Michigan: Blueberry growers approve checkoff

The state’s blueberry producers approved a referendum establishing a Michigan Blueberry Research & Education Program effective May 1. The program

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Peru blueberries led agro-exports growth in 2016

Peruvian blueberry exports climbed to US$241 million in 2016 from US$97 million (2015), up by 148% over the previous year,

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Marco Antonio Vaz, technical director of Onubafruit: “We want to do with blueberries what we achieved with raspberries”

Onubafruit is a clear example of crop diversification. This year, it expects a production of 32,000 tonnes of strawberries (a

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Naturipe calls for industry aid amid largest fires in Chilean history

While the fires raging through Chile may be under control in some areas and have been almost put out in