The government of Chile has agreed to accept imports of blueberries from Washington, Oregon and California, and will consider other areas, opening up potentially lucrative counter-season trade. Related: Big time for blueberries On July 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, notified the North American Blueberry Council that Chilean importers will accept incoming U.S. berries with permits, according to a news release from the Blueberry Council, based in Folsom, California. Chilean and U.S. agriculture agencies will now focus on opening trade to blueberries grown in other areas. They first targeted the three West Coast […]