OPEN DURING MOST OF THE
CONSTRUCTION.
KID TESTED.
THEY SEEM TO LIKE IT.
I WOULD SAY SO.
WHAT IS NOT TO LIKE?
IF YOU LOVE EATING FRESH
FRUIT YOU'LL LOVE WHAT IS
HAPPENING AT BERRY FARMS.
THEY ARE SEEING OUTSTANDING
CROPS OF BLUEBERRIES AND
RASPBERRIES.
FAVORABLE WEATHER HAS HELPED
THEM OPEN ON TIME WITH AN
ABUNDANCE OF FRUIT.
THE SECOND AND THIRD WEEKS OF
JULY IS WHEN THE SEASON STARTS
HERE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
ANGELA DAVIS IS AT A BERRY
FARM.
YOU'RE BACK IN THE NEWSROOM
RAISING ABOUT THIS CROP.
THIS IS A GREAT ASSIGNMENT
TODAY.
I'M AT THE BAUER BERRY FARM
WHERE THEY ARE GEARING UP FOR
BLUEBERRY PICKING SEASON.
LOOK AT THIS CLUSTER OF
BLUEBERRIES.
THEY LOOK LIKE GRAPES.
ACROSS THE STATE BERRY FARMERS
SAY THEY ARE SEEING THIS
AMAZING BUMPER CROP OF NOT ONLY
BLUEBERRIES BUT RASPBERRIES AND
THEY CANNOT WAIT TO SHARE THEM.
THE BERRY PATCH IS NOT ONLY
OPEN, IT IS BUSY.
PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO PICK THEIR
OWN BERRIES LIKE JODI.
THEY LOOK GREAT.
EASY PICKING AND VERY
DELICIOUS.
Reporter: LOTS OF FOLKS ARE
PLANNING TO EAT SOMBER RYES NOW
AND OTHERS MUCH LATER.
THEY ARE EASY TO FREEZE.
YOU PUT A COOKIE SHEET ONE
LAYER AND THEN THROW THEM IN A
BAG.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST
YEARS FOR RASPBERRIES.
THEY ARE REALLY BIG, EASY TO
FIND.
IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE BEST
YEARS WE HAVE HAD FOR
BLUEBERRIES.
SHE SAYS IT IS NOT JUST THE
QUANTITY OF BERRIES THAT IS
EXCEPTIONAL THIS SUMMER, BUT
THE QUALITY AS WELL.
AND SHE SHOWED US HOW TO
FIND THE BEST BERRIES.
ANOTHER GOOD THING TO DO IS
RATHER THAN JUST WALKING ACROSS
AND PICKING OFF THE TOP OF THE
BUSH IS TO LOOK UNDER THE
LEAVES.
THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF THE GOOD
ONES ARE HIDING.
LOOK AT THAT.
HE WAS HIDING.
THE HEALTH BENEFITS ARE
WORTH NOTING AS WELL.
WE WERE SAYING HOW IN THIS
ONE PATCH HOW MANY ANTIOXIDANTS
THERE MUST BE.
THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.
GROWERS SAY YOU HAVE A FEW
WEEKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
YOU HAVE TIME.
OUR RASPBERRIES WILL GO TO THE
END OF JULY AND BLUEBERRIES GO
TO EARLY AUGUST.
SO BACK HERE LIVE AT THE
BAUER BERRY FARM, THEY WILL
START OPENING FOR BUSINESS
TOMORROW.
UP IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA THEY
SAID THOSE FARMS USUALLY OPEN A
COUPLE WEEKS LATER IT GROWING
SEASON,  BUT DON'T THEY LOOK
GREAT?
ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WCCO.COM/LINKS WE PUT A LINK TO
THE MINNESOTA GROWN WEBSITE.
THEY HAVE A GREAT DIRECTORY
THAT LISTS ALL THE PLACES AND
YOU CAN FIND ONE CLOSE TO YOUR
HOUSE.
THEY LOOK GREAT.
THAT WAS A CLASSIC ANGELA DAVIS
MET FA FOR.
LOOKING FOR A MAN.
LIFE LESSONS EVERYWHERE.
THANKS A LOT.
ANGELA IS SO SWEET.
