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American cranberry growers have a long history of cooperative marketing. As early as 1904, John Gaynor, a Wisconsin grower, and A.U. Chaney, a fruit broker from Des Moines, Iowa, organized Wisconsin growers into a cooperative called the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company to receive a uniform price from buyers.
In the northern region of the state, farmers in the late 19th century began growing cranberries. The crop is well suited to Wisconsin—not needing hot temperatures, growing in marshlands, and resistant to the extreme cold. Cranberries need little care, and are easy to grow. [26] Today Wisconsin produces 60% of America's cranberries.
For almost 120 years, Nodji Van Wychen and her family have been running Wetherby Cranberry Company in Warrens, Wisconsin. "Which, by the way, is the number one fruit crop in the state of Wisconsin.
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. is an American agricultural cooperative of growers of cranberries headquartered in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.It currently has over 700 member growers (in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, Florida, British Columbia and other parts of Canada, as well as Chile).
"Most of our cranberries grow in Wisconsin, which is the largest cranberry-producing state in the United States," Langer says. "Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington also contribute significantly ...
Wisconsin alone is estimated to produce 5.2 million barrels of cranberries this year, which will be expected to be a good crop," said Van Wychen. ... "There's not a lot of cranberries growing all ...
The growing population allowed Wisconsin to gain statehood on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state. ... It grows more than half the national crop of cranberries. [149] and ...
Due to conditions in two big cranMassachusetts and Wisconsin, cranberry production is down in both states, 12% ... There’s a Misconception About How Cranberries Grow. The berries do not grow on ...