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The big deal of cranberries in the Bay State

July 28, 2010

Farming in Massachusetts is a big deal. Not only is the Bay State highly populated and urbanized, its rough terrain mixed with wetlands and acidic soils is not ideal for most crops. That is probably why growing cranberries here has been so successful. Cranberries, or Vaccinium macrocarpon, thrive with a unique combination of acidic soils [...]