"Even so, I cannot move away from my ‘self’/perpetually residing in a blueberry cave."
Jessamine learns the history of both the cultivated blueberry and the native wild blueberry. For the former, she consults Kiyomi Locker, a historian for the Whitesbog Preservation Trust, birthplace of the cultivated blueberry. Through Kiyomi, Jessamine hears of Elizabeth White, the agricultural specialist who took the blueberry out of the woods and to consumers around the world. But just because most of us enjoy the cultivated blueberry doesn’t mean the wild one is gone. Brian Altvater and Holli Francis introduce Maine’s Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry Company, the only Native-owned wild blueberry enterprise in the world. Clearly, there is space for both the wild and cultivated blueberry in our homes and our bellies.
Fruit Love Letters is part of Whetstone Radio Collective. Learn more about Fruit Love Letters here.
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Fruit Utopia - The Preston B. Bird and Mary Heinlein Fruit and Spice Park
The Fig - Mother of all Fruit
The Mulberry's Imprint on History
The Improbable Path of the Avocado Pit
The Persimmon - A Sweet Summer Package for Winter Eating
The Beautiful Complexities of the Apple
The Subtly Essential Ingredient for Equatorial Chefs
The Native Fruit Worth Remembering
The Fruit the World Can't Help But Love
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