A genetic advance has put the nail in the coffin for Perthshire -grown blueberries with a Blairgowrie farmer deciding not to harvest his 300 tonne crop or the ‘super food’ commercially ever again.
Melanie and Peter Thomson have had to shut down their 25-hectare blueberry operation due to both the shortage of pickers in Scotland and cheaper imports coming in from Peru and South Africa.
At the weekend they raised £4,000 for charity by inviting the public to take as many berries as they could carry in exchange for a donation.
