How farmers in New Jersey’s Pinelands grapple with the environmental toll of Thanksgiving cranberries

[Teegate]

This is a long one but interesting.

In New Jersey Pinelands, farmers grapple with the environmental toll of Thanksgiving cranberries

Cranberry farmers in the Pine Barrens must strike a balance between productive farming and protecting a beloved ecosystem.

whyy.org

 

[bobpbx]

Good article. Comprehensive and fair. I get tired of reading the other ones that just touch the surface for the pretty pictures.

 

[Jon Holcombe]

That is a great article. I've spent a lot of time in abandoned cranberry bogs over the past few years and they seem to be thriving ecosystems filled with frogs, birds, beaver, otter and eagles.

 

[Toothy Critter]

That is a great article. I've spent a lot of time in abandoned cranberry bogs over the past few years and they seem to be thriving ecosystems filled with frogs, birds, beaver, otter and eagles.

...and toothy critters...

 

[old jersey girl]

...and toothy critters...

Slosh, slosh