Raspberries & Blackberries
Wish Farms, Feeding America tout successful summer campaign
International grower and year-round marketer of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, Wish Farms, is sharing the results of their summer partnership campaign with Feeding America. “The ‘Superhero Summer’ campaign was a great success on many... more »
‘Cascade Premier’ raspberry bred for mechanical harvest by WSU
Bright, flavorful, and bred for easy automated harvest, Washington State University’s new red raspberry variety, “Cascade Premier,” is more than a decade in the making. First crossed in 2007 from two WSU experimental varieties, and... more »
Organic fungicide Howler headed to Mexico
AgBiome’s organic fungicide Howler will be developed for Mexican agriculture under an agreement recently inked with another company. AgBiome Innovations , which is the commercial arm of AgBiome, and Sumitomo Corporation recently announced a joint agreement... more »
Partners to study opportunities for berry improvements through gene editing
Pairwise, a growing agriculture and food company, has formed a public-private partnership to learn more about the diversity of berries and advance opportunities to offer healthier, more sustainable varieties. The partnership with the U.S. Department of... more »
Growers pose as superheros for Wish Farms promotion
Growers working with Wish Farms are posing as superheroes in a social media promotion the berry grower and brand is running this summer. Dubbed “Superhero Summer,” the promotion will feature images of Wish Farms’ growers... more »
Driscoll’s debuts new sweeter, ‘rosé’ berry varieties
Berry giant Driscoll’s June 12 rolled out strawberry and raspberry varieties it said were bred for consumer-centered traits of color and taste. The new products are Rosé Berries, which the company describes as “blush-colored strawberries... more »
Kroger recalls frozen blackberries for possible contamination
The Kroger Co. said June 10 it is recalling Private Selection Frozen Triple Berry Medley (48 oz), Private Selection Frozen Triple Berry Medley (16 oz), and Private Selection Frozen Blackberries (16 oz) manufactured by Townsend... more »
Double cropping tunnel-grown raspberries can increase overall yields
Michigan State University colleagues Eric Hanson, Brent Crain and Josh Moses recently published in HortScience “Cropping on primocanes and floricanes increases yields of organic raspberries in high tunnels”. Results from this study indicate that fruiting... more »
