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Cape Cod Cranberry Growers brief Lakeville board on industry, local conservation and economics
Summary
Karen Cahill of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association told the Lakeville Select Board that cranberries remain a culturally important, economically significant food crop in southeastern Massachusetts and described production practices, environmental stewardship and workforce challenges.
Karen Cahill, deputy executive director of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association (doing business as Massachusetts Cranberries), gave the Select Board an overview of the cranberry industry in Massachusetts at the July 8 meeting.
Cahill said the Association represents roughly 200 family farms across Massachusetts (the group estimates 90–95% of the state industry) and that the state remains a globally important cranberry region. She highlighted that a cranberry barrel equals 100 pounds and that Massachusetts produces on the order of…
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