2007Oct2: Killing spring frosts occur half as often in Canada as in the 1950s with most of the decline occurring in the last two decades. A warming climate has meant that Canadian blueberry farms are now able to compete with US blueberry farms.
Reference: IHT. 2007. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/02/news/berries.php
Image Description: Blueberry plants. Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA employee. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Blueberry_plants.jpg Image Permission: This image is a work of a United States Department of Agriculture employee, taken or made during the course of the person’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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