This mechanical harvester at Donald and Francoise Berube’s berry farm in northeastern Quebec can do the work of three or four pickers.  |  Eric Mikkelborg photo

Horticulture in Canada’s north

POINTE LEBEL, Que. — When Donald Berube told the agronomist that he intended to start a commercial berry operation on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, he was advised to consider another type of enterprise for northeastern Quebec. After years of operating a nearby peat harvesting operation, he knew that his farm in […] Read more