The harvest is underway for one of New Jersey's most famous crops:
cranberries.
There are only about 18 cranberry farms left in New Jersey,
including Pine Island Cranberry Company in Chatsworth.
New Jersey is the fourth-largest producer of cranberries in
the country. To harvest them, farmers flood the bogs. A
machine comes and removes the berries, which float to the surface.
Workers than corral the floating berries into a machine, which sucks everything
out and onto a truck. The harvest is then taken to the Ocean Spray pickup
location. The farm dates back to 1890, with five generations of famers.
“I am proud and I'm grateful because I wouldn't be able to do the
things I've done if my dad hadn't done what he did, my grandfather, my
great-grandfather, I'm proud and also very grateful,” says Bill Haines,
with Pine Island Cranberry Farm.