Love N.J. cranberries? Thank the resilience of the Pinelands
Commercial cranberry farming can be rough on the environment, but there's new research finding New Jersey's industry might not be so bad.
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Workers bring in the harvest at Pine Island Cranberry farm in Chatsworth, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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How guilty should we feel about eating cranberry sauce this Thanksgiving? Like most large-scale agriculture, commercial cranberry farming can be rough on the environment. But Steph Yin, reporter for WHYY’s The Pulse, explains why the unique environment of the New Jersey Pinelands has managed to stand up to farming practices there.
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