2022 UMaine Wild Blueberry Conference

Improvements to Fresh Pack Lines for Quality and Food Safety with Courtney Hammond (Lynch Hill Farm), Everett Worcester (Worcester's Wild Blueberries), Brian Powers (Hart's Clary Hill Farm), Dr. Jen Perry (UMaine), & Dr. Rob Machado (UMaine)

Producing and marketing fresh-pack wild blueberries has numerous challenges including the use of specialized equipment, limited time for product harvest and processing, and issues of shelf-life and shrinkage, just to name a few. Hear from several growers (Courtney Hammond, Everett Worcester, and Brian Powers) and two food scientists (Dr. Jen Perry & Dr. Rob Machado) about some of the common as well as uncommon management practices, equipment usage, food safety SOPs and other practical knowledge of getting fresh wild blueberries to market.