{"id":15924,"date":"2023-05-10T08:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T08:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swallowimmigration.ca\/en\/?p=15924"},"modified":"2023-05-10T09:37:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:37:51","slug":"n-b-blueberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swallowimmigration.ca\/en\/n-b-blueberry\/","title":{"rendered":"N.B. Blueberry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

N.B. Wild Blueberry Production Expanding<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild blueberry production has become a major industry in northeastern New Brunswick.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

About 70 percent of wild blueberry production in New Brunswick is in the Acadian Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a request for proposals, the Department of Agriculture has offered leases to twenty local growers to develop wild blueberries in the former Tracadie Range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A report prepared for the provincial association NB <\/a>Blueberries noted the industry could generate more than $600 million in economic activity over the next 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The industry is the province\u2019s second largest horticultural commodity with farm <\/a>cash receipts over a five-year period averaging $40 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a major industry in the northeastern region of New Brunswick, wild blueberry operations support employment, income and generate spending in the area\u2019s economy which helps increase income levels within our local communities,\u201d said Donald Arseneault, executive director of NB Blueberries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information follow the link below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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N.B. Wild Blueberry Production Expanding<\/a><\/blockquote>