Thursday 29 September 2016

Cranberries at 200: Market changes, drought create a crisis


All is not well in cranberry country this harvesting season, the 200th anniversary of the world's first known commercial cultivation.

A recent task force report found many Massachusetts growers whose families have tended bogs for generations were in "dire straits," facing challenges that include rising production costs, decreasing crop values, changing consumer habits and increasing competition from other U.S. states and Canada.
Adding to the problems is a severe drought that threatens to leave farms without enough water to flood their bogs.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11717909

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