Press Releases & Alerts

• Wild Blueberries: New Review Explores Benefits for Heart, Metabolism and the Microbiome

  Evidence links wild blueberries to “whole body” health benefits

• Wild Blue Mess Contest – Official Contest Rules

  No matter how you enjoy your wild blueberries—in your favorite recipes, as a snack, fresh, frozen, raw, or cooked—wild blueberries are known to cause stains and can be messy. Thanks to their anthocyanins! Blue all over? Wear your wild blueberry stains with pride and celebrate the power of blue. Canadian wild blueberries are rich in anthocyanins, the natural pigments responsible for their intense colour. They are tasty and nutritious and enhance everything from breakfast to dessert.

• WBANA Virtual Annual General Meeting

  Attention wild blueberry growers and producers: our virtual WBANA (CAN) Annual General Meeting is taking place on June 26 at 10 AM Eastern or 11 AM Atlantic time.

• March 6, 2025

  Woman of earth and passion: An encounter with a Quebec wild blueberry grower

  Asked what prompted Marie Bélanger to choose wild blueberry production as a profession in the village of Albanel in Lac-Saint-Jean, her answer is not what you might expect: “A love of animals,” she says.

• The wild blueberry recipe guide to holiday entertaining

  --Make your Blue Christmas celebrations and holiday season one to remember --

• 🫐 CONTEST – WILD BLUEBERRY COUNTRY BREAK 🫐

  Enter for your chance to win a gift basket!

• LEADING SCIENTISTS GATHER IN MAINE FOR WILD BLUEBERRY HEALTH RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

  -- Global health researchers share knowledge on wild blueberry’s impact on the body’s metabolic systems and capitalize on studying its wide-ranging health effects --

• Wild Blueberry Association of North America to exhibit at 2024 International Congress of Nutrition and Dietetics in Toronto

  -- Growers’ association booth showcases wild blueberries, health research and more --

• Wild Blueberry Association of North America (WBANA) welcomes Patrick O’Neil as new executive director

  -- Food and ag veteran brings wealth of expertise to Canada’s fruit crop association --

• NEW STUDY REINFORCES POWERFUL BENEFITS OF WILD BLUEBERRIES ON CARDIOVASCULAR AND BRAIN FUNCTION

  Daily Dose Helps Improve Memory, Executive Function, and Blood Pressure in Healthy Older Adults