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In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), is joined by three blueberry growers in the Pacific Northwest to discuss the unprecedented and catastrophic flooding in areas of British Columbia and Washington state.
Growers interviewed include:
- Steve Phillips of Berryhill Foods in British Columbia, Canada.
- Jason Smith of Fraser Berry Farms, also in British Columbia.
- Bryan Sakuma of Sakuma Farms in Washington.
Each grower details their experience with the floods and how it affected their growing operations and communities at large.
Photo credit to CTV News in Vancouver. You can view their full article here: https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/british-columbia/2021/12/8/1_5699319.amp.html