With nearly 400 million pounds consumed annually, cranberries are a fall staple. Cranberries are harvested in flooded bogs, where the buoyant berries float to the surface before being gathered, sorted ...
What Is A Cranberry Bog? Cranberry bogs are wetland environments characterized by thick sphagnum moss, acidic waters, and spongy peat. During the growing season, the bog remains dry; it is only during ...
JUNCTION CITY, Wis. (WSAW) - As the weather begins to get cooler, cranberries in the marshes of the DuBay Cranberry Co. are growing red and getting ready for harvest. Harvest begins around the end of ...
Cranberries grow on small shrubs and vines and the edible red fruits are an annual staple in Thanksgiving and Christmas ...
Cranberries are Massachusetts' No. 1 food crop, contributing $1.7 billion to the state economy. The fruit grows on low-running vines in bogs, with some vines in Massachusetts being over 150 years old.
In eastern Massachusetts, flooded wetlands cover the landscape as farmers collect the crop that features on Thanksgiving tables nationwide A worker lowers a pump system into the water. The tube sucks ...
Commercial cranberries are harvested from bogs like this one. Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin.