Chilean heat speeds up the end of its blueberry season
Chilean blueberry supplies have begun to slow down significantly. “Our Chilean volume was almost cut in half essentially and others in the industry have almost stopped,” says Joshua Minton of Frank Donio Inc. “Chile got too hot and the growing conditions became worse for the fruit.”
In the past, Chile has gone as late as the third week of March, though
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