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| Mos Funnel Farms, home to Joe's Blues blueberries, opened in 2009 near Bangor , MI, three hours from Chicago or Detroit by car. |
| The five acre farm has almost 1400 Jersey high bush blueberry plants on a picturesque setting. The plants, over fifty years old, are destined for hand picking. Owner Joe Corrado says a unique feature of the farm is a program where people can rent their own blueberry bush for the season. |
| Corrado says that Moss Funnel Farms is making a long-term commitment to running a "green" blueberry business. |
"We want to be sustainable growers," Corrado said. This will include becoming a U.S. Dept of Agriculture "Environmentally Verified" Farm for crop management in the next year, moving towards sustainable production methods and, over time, getting as close to organic production as possible.
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"This all means we will be using the minimum amount of chemicals for fertilizing and pest control, while increasing use of natural fertilizer and crop management," said Corrado. "We're lucky because we have strong healthy, 50-year old Jersey blueberries and we are doing things like natural weed control – pulling them out by hand – rather than applying chemicals."
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 For $30, we will send you a beautiful ownership certificate with your name or any name you specify showing seasonal ownership of a 50-year old Jersey high bush blueberry plant from Joe's Blues. Each certificate is numbered to correspond to a specific plant at our Bangor, Michigan farm. Owners are guaranteed at least 12 pounds of blueberries during the coming summer season. You can visit and pick as often as you like. Can't get there? We can ship fresh berries to you. Click here to order now.
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Our agricultural extension agent, Mark Longstroth, says that we can expect the jersey blueberries to be ready weeks ahead of normal this year because of the warm, wet spring.
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Good news for you. Coming in the next couple of weeks:
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Try our new uncertified organic Green Acre Blues
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• ZERO herbicides, pesticides or fungicides
• Weed whacking...no chemical weed control
• Compost and cornmeal tea for fertilizer.
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• Cornmeal also as a fungicide
• BT (Bacillus Thuringiensis) and Muscovy Ducks– for
insect control
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Organic in all but name. Add them to your order for just $12 more!
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SOUTH HAVEN JULY 4 PARADE – first appearance, South Haven, Michigan.
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VISIT JOE'S BLUES – Farm your own blueberry bush, July 15–Aug 21
Hours: Monday–Saturday from 10am–5pm | Sundays Noon–5
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JOE'S BLUES PIC'N FEST – July 24 and 25, Celebrate the new crop with song and family fun; pet friendly and bring the kids. See demonstrations and explanations.
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BLUE AND GLEAN DAY – August 22, 2010. Come and help pick food for the Hungry.
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Most likely you'll never find fresh Jersey blueberries at your local food store. They don't provide the high yields growers or pickers demand. Too bad, because Jersey blues are unquestionably the best tasting blueberries available.
Joe's Green Leaf Guarantee represents our promise to provide you with the freshest, environmentally sustainable and delicious Jersey blueberries available. If you don't agree, return them for full refund.
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