A day in the blueberry field

Posted On: October 10, 2017

“During peak season I usually fill four buckets all the way up in an hour,” says harvester Perseveranda Martínez while she carefully pulls a blueberry off of a bountiful bush. Like many other women working in the fields, Perseveranda comes from the district of Tayabamba, located about 340 kilometers southeast from Trujillo, Perú. “Fifteen years ago I […]

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Are blueberries even blue?

Posted On: October 10, 2017

‘Eat the rainbow,’ they say. Many of us assumed (without much observation, obviously) that we were reaching our daily amount of blue by adding a handful of luscious blueberries to our oats, a smoothie, or some creative recipe. But in fact, blueberries aren’t technically true to their name. Our farmers know that a blueberry is ready for harvesting […]

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