blueberries

(Runtime 2:47) At one of the largest blueberry farms in the U.S., there are rows and rows of bushes to the horizon. “This variety here is Draper,” said…

Blueberries, raspberries and blackberries from Oregon to Washington to British Columbia are baked on the bush and vine. Growers are calling the heat damage widespread and catastrophic.

Record heat across the Northwest is taking a toll on agriculture – both the crops and the workers who harvest them.

“Now basically, we have Mexican fruit coming in from March all the way to June. We start getting Peruvian fruit come August,” says Rob Dhaliwal, a blueberry grower from Lynden, Washington. “Even in July. Then we start getting fruit from British Columbia. So there is a good 10 months of foreign product coming into the country.”