Photo: The Bog Riverside Cranberry Farm
Each fall fields around Vancouver light up in brilliant red as the cranberries are harvested. Here are four ways to experience this spectacular sight.
How Cranberries are Harvested in Vancouver
Did you know that most Craisins start in Vancouver? Local farmers send 97% of their cranberries to Ocean Spray Cooperative in Washington State, which makes delicious dried cranberries (called craisins) out of them.
In the wild, cranberries grow in wetlands. Today, cranberries are cultivated in specially prepared fields with raised dykes around the edges. The berries grow in sandy soil throughout the year. When it is time to harvest each fall, farmers flood
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