Maine Blueberries
Small but Loaded with Flavor

Maine blueberries don't look exactly like the blueberries from other places. For one thing, they're smaller and they grow on low bushes that hug the ground. And Maine blueberries aren't picked either, they're raked. It's tough work, but worth it!

Maine is the largest producer of lowbush blueberries in the world with a harvest that's grown on over 60,000 acres of land.

The blueberry rake was created by a Mainer from the Downeast area by the name of Abijah Tabbutt over 100 years ago and is still used today in various forms.

Wild blueberries hold a special place in Maine's agricultural history - one that goes back centuries to Maine's Native Americans. Native Americans were the first to use the tiny blue berries, both fresh and dried, for their flavor, their nutrition and their healing qualities and it was not until the 1840's that wild blueberries were first harvested commercially.

You can find delicious Maine blueberries for sale in roadside stands and local grocery stores throughout the month of August.