Ready...Set...Go!

1/29/2019 1 Comment

Ready...Set...Go!

Last Spring, we had an amazing blueberry u-pick season. We absolutely loved meeting new faces every Saturday and catching up with old friends and family as well. It was so fun to hear where everyone came from and how they found our little farm. We tried lots of new blueberry recipes throughout the season and we earned a pretty good reputation with our home raised hamburgers too!

After the u-pick season wrapped up, we started brainstorming on some new ways to share our ranch with the community. From that conversation came our first annual Blueberry 5k! So many people in our local community have not had the chance to experience Florida's native and wild beauty. Have you eve walked through an old Florida oak hammock? Have you seen the diversity of the plants and trees? Have you ever been captivated by the Spanish moss swaying in the breeze on the limbs of a majestic Live oak?! If you haven't, well....you should! Our 5k course is right next the blueberry farm and winds through the undeveloped woods and pasture of the ranch. The best part is, once you finish, you can head right over to the u-pick field and get some fresh blueberries to refuel.

We hope that you will join us on Saturday, April 6, 2019. The 5K is set to start at 8:30 am and U-Pick will follow right behind! Registration is live now and all skill levels are welcome!

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The Popularity of Blueberries link

2/26/2023 11:03:44 am

Well, a hand full of blueberries in your daily smoothie is the perfect pick- because the health benefits of blueberries are a mere description. You can revive your health with these small, purple berries. It can benefit you in many ways. See the following benefits you can enjoy from blueberry consumption:

The berries help to reduce hypertension
Develops your brain and daily activities
This fruit can help to reduce weight
Helps in dietary condition
Cognitive improvement and improved cardiovascular function
Small blueberries got two hero ingredients – Phenolic acid and flavinoids. Both of them facilitate you in many health issues. It is a study published in the Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. The long history of blueberries also represents how beneficial it is for health. Earlier, people considered it a spiritual spirit and named Star berries because they had five pointy star shapes at the end. People used it as medicine and utilized every bit of the blueberry plants. So, now that you know why blueberries are essential in your square meal, you are eager to grow them.

But in which part of the US do the blueberries grow the most? Well, the USA is the largest commercial producer of fresh blueberries. There are around 38 States that grow blueberries all year round.

Michigan is the leading producer, and New York, New Jersey, and Florida are other producing states. However, these states belong to the USDA zone 3-8. If you consider the varieties of blueberries, then you can count the rabbit eye, low blush, and high blush are the common varieties of blueberries in the USA. Blueberries are the State fruit of New Jersey. North America is the native zone for blueberry farming. This is found in a report presented by FDA under Western Institute of Food and Safety.

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