Organic Wild Blueberry Culture

A Guide to Transitioning and Tending
by Mark Jacoby & Lisa Mushrall

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This guide explains how to transition a conventionally managed wild blueberry field to organic management and why you’d want to do so. It will help you decide whether the land you’re considering for transition is suitable for organic management and whether you’re likely up to the challenge of managing it. It also offers specific recommendations based both on research and the experience of organic growers for tending your transitioned field and more general advice for managing all aspects of an organic blueberry enterprise, including fieldwork, harvesting, and marketing.