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Based on government tests of pesticide levels, here is the Environmental Working Group’s 2024 list of the produce with the highest and lowest levels of pesticides.
The goal of the "Sweetest Batch" program is to boost the quality of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries of all varieties. [31] To find the premium tier, Driscoll's develops and studies 125,000 strawberry varieties every year, in addition to other types of berries. [32] As of 2024, Driscoll's is the world's largest berry ...
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Nearly 90% of blueberry and green bean samples had concerning findings, the report said. In 2016, the last time green beans were inspected, samples contained 51 different pesticides, according to ...
Vaccinium angustifolium has a two year production cycle. [17] The first year is known as the vegetative year and the second is known as the fruit-bearing year. In order to be productive each year, most farmers divide their land to have half their crop in the vegetative year while the other half is in the fruit-bearing year. [18]
Vaccinium corymbosum is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.8–3.7 metres (6–12 ft) tall and wide. It is often found in dense thickets. The dark glossy green leaves are elliptical and up to 5 centimetres (2 in) long.
Georgia is well-known as the Peach State, but since 1949 plant breeders at UGA have been on a blue streak, bringing more than 50 blueberry varieties to market.
Vaccinium myrtillus or European blueberry is a holarctic species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, known by the common names bilberry, blaeberry, wimberry, and whortleberry. [3] It is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry to distinguish it from other Vaccinium relatives.