Cranberry Harvest Time Once Again
By Irene Nevins
@irenen1 (228)
New Bedford, Massachusetts
September 29, 2016 5:52pm CST
Once again the cranberry harvest is getting underway around Cape Cod area. This is where it all began. Ocean Spray was formed as a co-op of local cranberry growers right down the street from where I work. Now there are plants all over the world. It is still a co-op of the growers. Local workers are hired to process the harvests.
This is my sixth year working the ten-week season processing the received berries for their destination to be juiced or turned into Craisin™ products. It is fun learning how raw product turns into good wholesome food products.
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@andriaperry (117130)
• Anniston, Alabama
30 Sep 16
I was wondering where you have been, now I know you are going back to work.I cant wait to eat some of those berries, no matter iif they are juice or dried.
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Sep 16
It is isn't it? I love cranberry juice. And mixed with other fruits too.
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Oct 16
@irenen1 .....Yes. My favorite juice mixture is grapefruit and pineapple.
@rina110383 (24492)
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30 Sep 16
I wish we also have cranberry muffins here in my place. Those sweet treats are making me hungry.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
12 Apr 17
That sounds like a great job. I love cranberry products!
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@sallypup (61561)
• Centralia, Washington
26 Oct 19
I saw fresh cranberries in the produce aisle this morning.
@irenen1 (228)
• New Bedford, Massachusetts
1 Mar 20
Craisins are sweetened dried cranberries. The process is a corporate secret. They are made at a different plant. I would imagine the process the process is similar to making raisins.
