BAGLEY, Minn. - If you think blueberries are the only kind of blue berry in the northwoods, think again. Honeyberries (also commonly, "haskaps") are becoming more popular across the northern U.S. One ...
Aroostook County’s rolling fields are known for their potatoes. For fruits, not so much. But when Fort Kent Christmas-tree–farming brothers Ben and Joe Voisine and their dad, Gary, heard about a hardy ...
Some people take up new projects in retirement. Golfing, say, or restoring old cars. But for plant breeder Maxine Thompson, retirement from her position as a professor of horticulture at Oregon State ...
Saskatoon berries are delicious fruits that look like smaller blueberries. You can eat them fresh or in a variety of recipes. They're rich in antioxidants and other nutrients that are good for your ...
Two P.E.I. farms offered something new for U-pick this summer: a berry that some say is the next super fruit, called the haskap. Lynn Townshend, along with her husband Peter and daughter Becky, ...
CORVALLIS — With the growth of the cold-hardy fruit production in Canada and Northern Europe, fruit growers in Montana are starting to recognize the potential for haskap berry production, says ...
You know about the superfood properties of blueberries and raspberries. Well, it’s time to meet the haskap berry. A blue honeysuckle, native to the low-lying wet regions of northern hemisphere ...
A license to propagate patented hybrids of honeyberry and sour cherry opens a new chapter for Common Ground Alaska farm in ...
With up to 13 times more antioxidants than blueberries, haskap berries - also known as honeyberries - offer manufacturers a new ingredient with superfood credentials for relishes, jams or juices, says ...
It doesn't taste like a strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, or blackberry. Actually, it tastes like all them mixed together. Alaska berry farmer Brian Olson said he will spend the rest of his life ...
Agriculture is a tricky business in the Yukon. Bordering Alaska to the west, most of the landscape is tundra and northern boreal forest. Winters are long and very cold, with temperatures often dipping ...
There are many ways to cook them, and everyone has their favourite method, but for Chef Ned Bell, spot prawns make a mean salad. "For me, a main course salad with some raw protein like spot prawns is ...