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We were at the farmers market the other day and they had Michigan blueberries there for sale with a sign saying 'the worlds best'

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LOL They can tell themselves that, but Maine's wild blueberries are a delicacy the world over. You should see what they charge if you ship 'em fresh-frozen or never-frozen. It's insane. (They charge a whole lot more than what I make per pound.)

I'll make maybe 1.2 with all but the .2 being profit. By the time it reaches consumers, it's anywhere from 5 to 12 times more expensive.

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You could theoretically make a lot more off them if you processed them and sold them more to consumers

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We kinda do - except I'm really fucking polite about it.

We sell direct to consumer, freshly winnowed berries, at good prices.

Well, better prices than they'll get elsewhere.

This used to actually be the main way of selling, but tourism and times change. These days, most of the berries get sold wholesale - typically to the cannery. I beat the cannery's price so that I can sell to companies like Stonewall Kitchen. That's why they buy directly from me (among others).

We grow a whole lot of blueberries in Maine. I do 200 acres a year. That's not even 5% of the state's total blueberry yield. But, by the same token, my yeild is about 4% of Maine's total. I have a partner with equal acreage. So, there's that... He mostly sells to the cannery and doesn't even have manual rakers anymore. They have people who rake the stuff they can't get with the tractor and rake the rest with the tractor.