Items Tagged with 'North American Blueberry Council'

The North American Blueberry Council elected new members to the board of directors. Anna K. Jesse of Cornelius, Oregon, was added as the U.S. North American grower representative. She has worked for Forest Hills Farms for the past nine years, recently as vice president. Manolo Reyes was added as the Mexican North American Grower representative. He is North America chief executive officer at Berries Paradise Official. Chad Hansen was named the North American distributor representative. Bo Slack, district manager at California Giant Berry Farms, is returning to the board as the North American distributor representative. 

In this opinion piece, Kasey Cronquist of the North American Blueberry Council calls for an amendment that would eliminate Japan's tariffs on frozen blueberries from the U.S.