Allow Myself to Introduce...Myself

I'm Becca. I'm a fifth-generation New Jersey cranberry grower and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Cranberry Growers Association (and currently the secretary, too). If you've visited our booth at any local festivals in the past three years, there's a good chance that you've met me. I'm going to use this space not just for ACGA news and events, but to let people know what might be happening on my farm on any given day, to point out new developments in the cranberry industry worldwide, and to highlight interesting facts or articles that I might run across.

I'm going to try persuade some other growers to chime in here, too. Tom, who was kind enough to set up this blog and the ACGA's website, works on another farm and can testify to the fact that although the principles of cranberry growing are the same across the board, we all handle things a little bit differently. Not only do our methods evolve independently over time, we take ideas from other growers and tweak them to suit our own circumstances. We work closely with the researchers from the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension and with the companies that handle our fruit to ensure that our cranberries are grown using the most efficient and healthful techniques and materials available. Ours is truly a cooperative industry.

Next Topic: Do cranberry growers all go on vacation during the winter when the bogs are flooded?