Blueberry Working Group

About the Committee

2011

Chair: Daniel Simard, QC

The Blueberry Working Group is a working committee of the Apple and Fruit Committee, a Standing Committee which meets once a year at the CHC Annual General Meeting and more frequently as needed, both face-to-face and by conference call.

Membership of the Blueberry Working Group consists of two representatives per province and is representative of both low and high bush blueberry production. The Blueberry Working Group also provides regular updates throughout the year for distribution to CHC members.

Issues

• Plant Health
• Minor Use Product Registrations
• Markets and Trade
• Research Priorities
• Statistical Overview of the Canadian Blueberry Industry, 2010 (AAFC)

Activities

• 2011 Report from the Chair of the Blueberry Working Group

Links

• BC Blueberry Council
• Bleuets NB Blueberries
• Ontario Berry Growers’ Association 
• Ontario Highbush Blueberry Growers    
• Quebec Wild Blueberries (1992) Inc.
• Syndicat des producteurs de bleuets du Québec
• Wild Blueberry Association of North America    
• Wild Blueberry Producers Association of Nova Scotia