Numlock News: November 30, 2021 • Huckleberries, Human Error, Nanocameras
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By Walt Hickey Huckleberries Huckleberries are delicious, tart berries that are gathered from public lands in the American West. Demand is up, but supplies are down, and prices have doubled to $17 per pound in the past two years. Peak season is a few weeks of summer, and it’s a frenzy to supply the commercial huckleberry market of around 3 million pounds annually. The overall value of that market is $50 million, which is a blessing as well as a curse for the many small, independent jam producers in the region who are seeing sales soar, but the supply get a little more tenuous. It’s a historically highly competitive market for pickers, who are also competing with bears, which needless to say makes things extremely interesting.
Numlock News: November 30, 2021 • Huckleberries, Human Error, Nanocameras
Numlock News: November 30, 2021 …
Numlock News: November 30, 2021 • Huckleberries, Human Error, Nanocameras
By Walt Hickey Huckleberries Huckleberries are delicious, tart berries that are gathered from public lands in the American West. Demand is up, but supplies are down, and prices have doubled to $17 per pound in the past two years. Peak season is a few weeks of summer, and it’s a frenzy to supply the commercial huckleberry market of around 3 million pounds annually. The overall value of that market is $50 million, which is a blessing as well as a curse for the many small, independent jam producers in the region who are seeing sales soar, but the supply get a little more tenuous. It’s a historically highly competitive market for pickers, who are also competing with bears, which needless to say makes things extremely interesting.