Next week our blueberry industry will descend on our nation’s capital.
What was originally scheduled to be our NABC and USHBC Spring Meetings at a hotel in Alexandria, VA has turned into an exciting opportunity to work together to help raise the profile of the blueberry industry with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
What’s our message?
“Support blueberries.”
From the records I have been able to find here at the NABC, July was first introduced as “Blueberry Month” through a joint resolution of the House and Senate on June 13, 1974. The resolution encouraged the President (Nixon) to...