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How cranberries get from the bog to your Thanksgiving table

Nov 23, 2017
Tech is helping the industry produce better fruit.
Cranberry bogs must be intentionally flooded to easily collect the fruit.
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What are we going to do with all these surplus cranberries?

Dec 24, 2013
Cranberry farmers, facing an oversupply, have a plan to create a new market.

Climate change comes to the cranberry bog

Nov 19, 2012
Cranberry growers in Massachusetts are starting to look elsewhere to farm as a warming climate makes managing bogs more expensive and interferes with the maturing of berries.

Ocean Spray CEO on cranberries during the holiday season

Nov 24, 2011
A lot of cranberries are being consumed on this holiday. Ocean Spray's CEO Randy Papadellis talks about how the company is coping with higher commodity prices and the state of the global economy.

Mid-day Extra: More on the cranberry industry

Nov 24, 2011
Today is Thanksgiving, and to celebrate -- and check in on the state of the markets for popular Thanksgiving foods -- we went to the CEO of Ocean Spray. Here is the extended version of the conversation.