{"id":377503,"date":"2025-08-27T11:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377503\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T11:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:37:11","slug":"in-small-town-michigan-this-genetics-company-is-shaping-the-future-of-blueberries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377503\/","title":{"rendered":"In small town Michigan, this genetics company is shaping the future of blueberries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-gallery-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I762ZGX4YZHYTLBWZVA2HOXO6E.JPG\"  loading=\"eager\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-gallery-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/C5AOKPCKZ5H23LWGWVSWCRMAVY.JPG\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1\/45<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-gallery-caption\">Berry Blue genetics is changing the way consumers experience berries right from small town Michigan<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WYDYHRRYRJER3HJPM2RDUS4VLA\">Editor\u2019s Note: Brad Moorer, MBG Marketing president and CEO, unexpectedly died on Aug. 7. He is quoted in this story, as the interview was conducted in July. MBG Marketing and Berry Blue Genetics asked his words still be used to represent the company. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"B6EORGRMRVBB5J6U6KVN3A2MTE\">GRAND JUNCTION, MI \u2013\u2013 Beth Alger, a Ph.D plant breeder at MBG Marketing, walks through a plot of bushes behind the laboratory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1\/45 Berry Blue genetics is changing the way consumers experience berries right from small town Michigan Editor\u2019s Note:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3846],"tags":[267,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-377503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115100532393921531","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}