cranberry

During a celebration event this week, staff from Buzzards Bay Coalition, who led the effort, explained what it took for them and an excavation crew to undo 80 years of farming impacts on the area.

A foundation on the island has been focused on land acquisition for 60 years. Now that it owns some 9,000 acres of land — about a third of the island — it wants to add more restoration to its agenda.

The director of the UMass Cranberry Station in Wareham also tells CAI about how many local growers can't afford to make farming their only job.

Cranberry growers in Massachusetts are expecting their fall harvest to be 19 percent bigger than last year.