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WHAT ARE CRANBERRIES?

A berry that is round and bright red when ripe. It is 0.3 to 2.5cm in diameter.

WHERE ARE CRANBERRIES PRODUCED IN BC?

Cranberries were grown on the Queen Charlotte Islands in the 1920s. Now almost all the cranberry bogs are in the Lower Fraser Valley in Richmond, Pitt Meadows and Fort Langley. There are also a few bogs on Vancouver Island.

HOW MANY CRANBERRIES DO WE PRODUCE?

Almost all, 95%, of BC’s cranberries are grown for the processing market. The rest are sold as fresh berries. Cranberries is BC’s largest berry crop — by both volume and value. BC produces about 17 million kilograms of cranberries which is valued at $25 million. These berries are grown by 50 family farm operations on 1150 producing hectares.

Fort Langley Cranberry Festival

Cranberry Tasting Menu at C

Thanksgiving at Pastis, Sutton Place Hotel, Ebo at Delta Hotel, Tableau

Marilyn Smith Healthy Start Here – Cranberry Recipes