“Basically between 2021 and 2025, China added more blueberry production than the United States has in total. And the United States is the world's top blueberry producer.”
The Journal. · September 2026
Emont, a reporter, is explaining how fast Chinese growers scaled up blueberries after copying a high-tech greenhouse growing system. The host had asked how big the surge was. The rest of the episode is about what that flood of fruit did to prices.
Transcript
We're talking about
a tidal wave of blueberry juice?
Yes. I mean, look, basically between 2021 and 2025, China added more blueberry production than the United States has in total. And the United States is the world's top blueberry producer. And we grow blueberries everywhere from Oregon to Maine to California to Florida. And China in four years just added more blueberry production than the United States has.
Wow, that's huge. These days, blueberries are all the buzz in China. You can find things like blueberry cake, blueberry tea. And there's a video on social media of travelers absolutely astonished by these giant berries, which can grow to nearly the size of a quarter.
All right, let's try this gigantic blueberries. Look at how gigantic these are. Like, wow.
Guys, it's really tasty. And blueberry here in this region is so sweet. Way more juice, juicy, and bigger.
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