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Linda Rinta, CCCGA member and recipient of the 2020 Leopold Conservation Award, courtesy image

Rinta Family Cranberry Farm Honored with 2020 Leopold Conservation Award

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Post published:December 11, 2020
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Linda Rinta, CCCGA member and recipient of the 2020 Leopold Conservation Award, courtesy image McGRATHPR.com - Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’…

Better from the bog: Growers share recipes that use the jeweled cranberry

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Post published:November 26, 2020
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The harvest team at Decas Cranberry Products hard at work during a wet harvest, courtesy image CAPE COD TIMES -…

Bringing the Bog Home

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Post published:November 12, 2020
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The harvest team at Decas Cranberry Products hard at work during a wet harvest, courtesy image Massachusetts cranberry growers share…

PCN’s The Local Seen – Massachusetts Cranberries – Part 2

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Post published:December 2, 2019
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https://youtu.be/8HwWtSRMQ2s?t=25 PACTV's "Local Matters" features two segments on the local cranberry industry.

Industry leaders and the region's legislators appeared at the CCCGA press conference (L to R) Dom Fernandes, Pat Rhodes, Glenn Reid, Brian Wick, Cindy Rhodes, State Rep. Susan Gifford, Rob Rubini, Jim Hayward, State Rep. Matt Muratore, Jeff Kapell, Cass Gilmore and Elizabeth Reilly. image by Michelle McGrath PR

Massachusetts Cranberry Industry Launches State-Grown Cranberry Insignia

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Post published:November 12, 2019
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Industry leaders and the region's legislators appeared at the CCCGA press conference (L to R) Dom Fernandes, Pat Rhodes, Glenn…

Cranberry farmers want to build solar panels over their bogs

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Post published:October 31, 2019
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Plummeting cranberry prices has America’s cranberry industry eyeing a possible new savior: solar power. Cranberry farmers in Massachusetts are proposing…

Baker-Polito Administration Awards Almost $1 Million for Cranberry Farm Improvements

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Post published:October 30, 2019
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Lt. Governor Polito joined local and state officials to announce the Massachusetts Cranberry Bog Renovation Enhancement (MCRE) Grant Program funding…

Cranberries float in front of a pump house on a bog in Plymouth. Photo by Dave Kindy for Wicked Local.

Cranberry growers buffeted by trade war, oversupply

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Post published:October 23, 2019
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Cranberries float in front of a pump house on a bog in Plymouth. Photo by Dave Kindy for Wicked Local…

Peter Beaton looks over one of his bogs in Plymouth Photo by David Kindy

South Shore cranberry growers buffeted by trade war, oversupply

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Post published:October 12, 2019
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Floating cranberries bump up against a closed sluice on a Plymouth bog.Photo by David Kindy WCVB-TV - It’s cool and…

An aerial image of a wet cranberry harvest in Massachusetts, image courtesy of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association

Locally Grown Cranberries to Feature New Insignia

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Post published:September 26, 2019
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The new Massachusetts Cranberries logo, image courtesy of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association CAPECOD.com - The cranberry harvest season is…

Mass. farmers expect strong cranberry crop this fall

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Post published:September 26, 2019
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PATRIOT LEDGER - Jack Angley, 80, sat inside a decades-old International truck on Sunday as a helicopter dropped crates of…

How The Trade War Crushed A Growing Chinese Market For U.S. Cranberries

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Post published:September 16, 2019
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This story is Part 1 in a series on the rise and fall of U.S. cranberry sales in China. NPR/WBUR - Cranberry…