WILD BLUEBERRIES SUPERFOOD

Wild blueberries have been growing in Maine, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island for over 10,000 years and are naturally resistant to many native pests and disease. They are not to be confused with ordinary blueberries, a larger berry grown in several parts of the world and domesticated around 1900 in New Jersey from a native species for commercial development. 

Both ordinary and wild blueberry offer great health benefits such as being loaded with vitamin C, improves memory, helps manage Diabetes, rich in antioxidant’s, improves mental health, low in calories and tastes great.

Wild blue berries are different from the “ordinary” blueberry starting with their size. Wild
blueberries are much smaller than cultivated berries and come in a variety of colors. Their tiny
berries range in color from light to dark blue with a very intense blueberry flavor. They grow low
to the ground on bush like plants as most of the actual plant is underground in a rhizome root
system, this is how the plant spreads. These plants have not only survived in acidic soil and challenging winter conditions for thousand of years but have also evolved to adapt and thrive in
areas that experience wildfire conditions. After a wildfire the soil becomes enriched with nutrients from burnt vegetation, the plants adapt to utilize these nutrient deposits to their benefit making them stronger and healthier. Their ability to adapt to harsh environments gives them “GENETIC STRENGTH” which we benefit from when we consume them. Their adaptogenic nutrients gives us the ability to adapt to the stress and challenges improves brain related health, and cancer prevention.

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