Berry, berry good!
I know I planned to bring you a list of festivals for the weekend, but the truth us that there aren’t any big ones that I can track down info on. Instead we are going to talk about berries, red and blue.
In 2001, the General Assembly adopted the [tag]blueberry[/tag] as the state’s official Blue Berry. North Carolina ranks 5th in blueberry production among the 50 states, and that berry contributed over $18,000,000 to the state economy in 2000.
In the same year, the [tag]strawberry[/tag] was selected as the state’s official Red Berry. Our state is the 8th ranked in the nation for strawberry production, and the strawberry added $17,000,000 in revenues
Both berries are grown throughout the state, and you can pick your own berries at farms from one end of the North Carolina to the other. to bring this back around to festivals, I happen to know that there are festivals celebrating both berries, and I will be telling you about them when the time comes.
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