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North Carolina: Helping Build A Strong Blueberry Industry
Although this Facebook feed is mostly about how to eat more blueberries, we’d love to share what other things the North Carolina Blueberry Council, Inc. does to get more good, fresh US-grown blueberries on your table. We have worked hard over the last fifty years to help get blueberries from our Southeastern USA farms to tables all over the nation.
This last week we had our 50th Annual NC Blueberry Open House & Trade Show in Fayetteville, NC. In plain English, it is an industry event that brings blueberry growers and other producers, together with researchers, government agricultural specialists and vendors.
We are pretty darn proud of how the NC Blueberry Open House & Trade Show has grown! In 2016, we packed twice the floor space with the tools and information that help producers grow better and healthier blueberries for your family. This show is about building bridges between all with a vested interest in the domestic blueberry industry. This show is now one of the world’s preeminent trade shows that focuses only on blueberries!
North Carolina has been fundamental to the blueberry industry in the United States in many ways! North Carolina was one of the first states to commercially grow highbush blueberry bushes. Highbush blueberry bushes are the most common variety of blueberries harvested for commercial use.
Finally, the blueberry industry world-wide has benefited from blueberry technology developed at North Carolina State, which continues to be a leader in agricultural research., with dedicated studies on all berries, including the mighty blue blueberry! In partnership with North Carolina State and ATT University, the North Carolina Blueberry Council, Inc has brought resources together that have developed new varieties, as well as explore the healthful benefits of blueberries!
Thank you for eating more blueberries, especially if they are from North Carolina!
A Few Pictures From The North Carolina Blueberry Council, Inc. Open House and Trade Show
Take Me To See The Full 2016 Blueberry Open House & Trade Show Image Gallery On Our Member Site!