
The Business of Blueberries
Hosted by Kasey Cronquist and Steve Mantle · U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council
4.9from 59 ratings
- 260
- Episodes
- 19
- Transcribed
- 59
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About The Business of Blueberries
The blueberry industry is like no other: passionate, resilient, and innovative. This podcast is your source for the latest information on the production, markets, research and technology related to the blueberry value chain. This is the Business of Blueberries.
- Publisher
- U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council
- Category
- arts · business · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 May 2020
- Latest episode
- 30 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
19 of 260 episodes have a transcript.

30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
BerrySmart Field Insights: Automated Blueberry Harvest Technology

22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
From the USDA to the United Nations: Luke Lindberg on Trade, Policy and Feeding the World

14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fresh-Market Breakthroughs: The Next Wave of Genetics With Cort Brazelton
Inside a recent episode

BerrySmart Field Insights: Automated Blueberry Harvest Technology
Published 30 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It was kind of my dad and uncle's generation where we started growing raspberries. I think it was in the early 80s. It was our first harvester. Wow. What do you remember about that harvester? It was a BEI harvester, and it was pretty straightforward. Yeah. Yeah. So from the 80s, wow, all right, so 40-some-odd years. And then you said that was initially with raspberries, right? Yes. What have been the biggest changes that you've seen over those years? Oh, probably the machines just are getting bigger and more capacity, and the beater heads have improved over the years. Yeah. They're just being more gentle on the plants. […]
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- Glenn Sakuma
- Rich Iannaco
- Luke Lindberg
- Cort Brazelton
- Doug McCann
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 32 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 27 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
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- Quality
- 64
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Kasey Cronquist and Steve Mantle host the show. Published by U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council.
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