Blueberries and Produce News Archive

Below you will find a short description and a link to archived online news concerning blueberries and in some cases other produce. News from throughout the country and world is highlighted.

Archived Fruit & Blueberry News

News Posted 01/31/2006

Maine's 2005 blueberry crop disappointing
Although much better than 2004 the blueberry production in Maine fell short of predictions and 5 year average. Reasons include a wet spring with caused mummy berry and blossom blight, followed by a dry summer. Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA - Jan 27, 2006

Reduce the Risk of Cancer: Eat Your Fruits and Veggies
An article about the importance of eating a wide variety of fruit and vegetables in order to fight the risk of cancer. Specifies that you shouldn't eat all of one specific fruit or vegetable, but as many as possible of different colors including blueberries, eggplant, strawberries, cherries, peaches, bananas and many more. Also touches on serving size, specifically that fruits and vegetables should make up the lions share of each meal. abc13.com - USA - Jan 27, 2006

News Posted 01/03/2005

Taking Calorie Counting Up A Notch
An article about a Calorie Restrictive diet and one persons way of meeting that diet, including eating a bowl of blueberries, nuts and apple peels twice a day. CBS News - USA - Dec 30, 2005

News Posted 12/20/2005

Orchard of Health – Natural Health Benefits from Everyday Fruit
Ideas for adding fruits and vegetables to your diet including apples, oranges and blueberries, and many more. Village News Network - Fallbrook,CA,USA - Dec 16, 2005

Fruits and veggies have amazing qualities
The natural health benefits of fruit including blueberries, cherries and strawberries. Contains link to site where you can purchase dried fruit. PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA - Dec 19, 2005

News Posted 12/17/2005

Federal Food Politics Organic Inconsistencies, By JOSHUA FRANK
More indepth information concerning the recent controversy over whether foods certified as organic can have any non-organic ingredients. CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA - Dec 15, 2005

News Posted 12/10/2005

The organic label just won't stick if feds keep this up
Highlighting the recent controversy over whether foods certified as organic can have any non-organic ingredients. If organic foods are important to you it is a must read. Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA - Dec 10, 2005

Blueberry Bushes Are a Hearty Bunch
An article about planting blueberries in North Carolina; type to plant, when to plant them and other specifics. Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines,NC,USA - Dec 6, 2005

News Posted 12/07/2005

Functional and health foods dominate 2006 predictions
An article about predicted trends for health foods including Omega-3, superfruits including blueberries, wholegrains and chocolate in 2006. NutraIngredients-usa.com - Montpellier,France - Dec 6, 2005

News Posted 12/04/2005

A Honey of a Different Color
A story about a region in North Carolina which produces blue honey. The blue color is believed to be caused by the bees having a diet consisting primarily of huckleberries, a type of Wild Blueberry. Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines,NC,USA - Dec 1, 2005

News Posted 12/01/2005

Suit against farmer, his air cannons to continue
A Michigan Blueberry Farmer has had a lawsuit filed against him for using noisy air cannons to scare birds away from his blueberries. He recently tried to have the case dismissed due to a technical issue. Muskegon Chronicle - Muskegon,MI,USA - Nov 29, 2005

News Posted 11/26/2005

Super Foods
Cookbook author chooses 12 foods with "the best combination of nutrients and versatility in the kitchen", and has written a cookbook in which all recipes include at least one of the ingredients. The 12 foods includes: black beans, blueberries, broccoli, chocolate, oats, onions, salmon, soy, spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and walnuts. Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA - Nov 24, 2005

Follow 5 A Day Program to help keep deadly diseases out of your life
Eat a mininum of 5 fruits or vegetables a day, choosing from the different colors. For example, red includes strawberry and beets, white includes bananas and cauliflower, blue/purple includes blueberries and eggplant, green includes green grapes and broccoli and yellow/orange includes oranges and squash. Palladium-Item - Richmond,IN,USA - Nov 23, 2005

News Posted 11/20/2005

Huckleberry thicket could get forest service protection
U.S. Forest Service has proposed a plan to protect 9,500-acres of a huckleberry thicket in Southern Oregon considered sacred to generations of American Indian tribes. Huckleberries are a cousin to the Blueberry, and grow primarily in the high mountains of the Pacific Northwest. OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA - Nov 17, 2005

News Posted 11/17/2005

Move over Atkins! Salute the GI
A brief discussion of the GI Diet, a diet which assigns foods a number from 1-100 based on how quickly they break down from carbohydrate to sugar in the bloodstream. Foods with a lower GI number break down slower, thus theoretically making you feel full longer. Blueberries have a low GI number. Daily Mail - UK - UK - Nov 17, 2005

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