Here's how wild #blueberries are harvested and frozen in #Maine. #bigbusiness

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0:00This is an ordinary cultivated

0:02blueberry, the cheaper kind you find in

0:04the grocery store.

0:06They come from a species called northern

0:08highbush, bred by scientists in the

0:10early 1900s to last longer and be

0:13larger.

0:15Wild blueberries are smaller, often

0:17pricier, and pack more fiber and twice

0:20the antioxidant punch of cultivated

0:22ones.

0:24They also spoil more quickly, so

0:26processors like Wyman's, which supplies

0:28Walmart and Whole Foods, have to get

0:30them from the fields within a few hours.

0:33>> These bins are holding 250 to 300 lb of

0:36fruit. In one bin, the weight of the

0:39fruit will start to crush itself a bit.

0:41There's going to be juice running in

0:43places, and so it's just a perfect

0:45breeding ground for things that we don't

0:46want, such as yeast and mold.

0:52>> On a good day, we're packing 1.3 million

0:55pounds in the 21 hours that we process.

0:59>> This robot dumps the [music] fruit onto

1:00the line.

1:02While this winnowing table removes light

1:04debris like leaves [music] and sticks.

1:07>> Then they'll go through the initial pass

1:09of the first water bath to get all the

1:11sediment off the berries.

1:13>> Then the berries go to a flotation tank.

1:16Ones that are under [music] ripe will

1:17float off and get composted.

1:20>> A lot of times if you over water a

1:22berry, they'll create an air pocket in

1:23the center, and that's what also would

1:25create the berry to float off.

1:27>> Adam Westwood know, he's worked here for

1:2924 years.

1:31>> So I'm the fourth generation here at

1:33Wyman's. My great grandfather worked

1:35here back in the '60s. My grandfather

1:37worked here in the late '90s.

1:40>> Do you have any kids that are going to

1:41come through next?

1:43>> Uh no, I don't currently at this time.

1:44It's uh I'm I stopped the bloodline.

1:48>> The sweeter ripe berries sink [music]

1:50and head to sanitizing.

1:52Then they're frozen in this tunnel

1:55set at -28° [music] F

1:59because wild blueberries have such a

2:01short shelf life, only a tiny amount is

2:03eaten fresh. 99% are shipped out frozen.

2:08Finally, this machine bags them up.

2:12But in 2025, Wyman's receiving hall is a

2:14lot emptier than usual.

2:16>> On a normal year, we'd have about

2:18500,000 lb on the floor. Currently right

2:20now, we've got about 100,000 lb on the

2:21floor.

2:23>> A wet spring and a summer drought made

2:25last year one of [music] the worst

2:27harvest seasons this decade. It cost

2:29Maine's wild blueberry growers $28

2:31million. The plants

2:33>> The plants became [music] crunchy

2:35overnight, like you'd put them in the

2:36oven for too long.

Here's how wild #blueberries are harvested and frozen in #Maine. #bigbusiness

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0:00This is an ordinary cultivated

0:02blueberry, the cheaper kind you find in

0:04the grocery store.

0:06They come from a species called northern

0:08highbush, bred by scientists in the

0:10early 1900s to last longer and be

0:13larger.

0:15Wild blueberries are smaller, often

0:17pricier, and pack more fiber and twice

0:20the antioxidant punch of cultivated

0:22ones.

0:24They also spoil more quickly, so

0:26processors like Wyman's, which supplies

0:28Walmart and Whole Foods, have to get

0:30them from the fields within a few hours.

0:33>> These bins are holding 250 to 300 lb of

0:36fruit. In one bin, the weight of the

0:39fruit will start to crush itself a bit.

0:41There's going to be juice running in

0:43places, and so it's just a perfect

0:45breeding ground for things that we don't

0:46want, such as yeast and mold.

0:52>> On a good day, we're packing 1.3 million

0:55pounds in the 21 hours that we process.

0:59>> This robot dumps the [music] fruit onto

1:00the line.

1:02While this winnowing table removes light

1:04debris like leaves [music] and sticks.

1:07>> Then they'll go through the initial pass

1:09of the first water bath to get all the

1:11sediment off the berries.

1:13>> Then the berries go to a flotation tank.

1:16Ones that are under [music] ripe will

1:17float off and get composted.

1:20>> A lot of times if you over water a

1:22berry, they'll create an air pocket in

1:23the center, and that's what also would

1:25create the berry to float off.

1:27>> Adam Westwood know, he's worked here for

1:2924 years.

1:31>> So I'm the fourth generation here at

1:33Wyman's. My great grandfather worked

1:35here back in the '60s. My grandfather

1:37worked here in the late '90s.

1:40>> Do you have any kids that are going to

1:41come through next?

1:43>> Uh no, I don't currently at this time.

1:44It's uh I'm I stopped the bloodline.

1:48>> The sweeter ripe berries sink [music]

1:50and head to sanitizing.

1:52Then they're frozen in this tunnel

1:55set at -28° [music] F

1:59because wild blueberries have such a

2:01short shelf life, only a tiny amount is

2:03eaten fresh. 99% are shipped out frozen.

2:08Finally, this machine bags them up.

2:12But in 2025, Wyman's receiving hall is a

2:14lot emptier than usual.

2:16>> On a normal year, we'd have about

2:18500,000 lb on the floor. Currently right

2:20now, we've got about 100,000 lb on the

2:21floor.

2:23>> A wet spring and a summer drought made

2:25last year one of [music] the worst

2:27harvest seasons this decade. It cost

2:29Maine's wild blueberry growers $28

2:31million. The plants

2:33>> The plants became [music] crunchy

2:35overnight, like you'd put them in the

2:36oven for too long.

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