Nantucket Cranberries!

Posted on October 24, 2016May 1, 2017

The Nantucket cranberry bogs were hand built in 1865 by Cape Verdeans. They were privately owned, and in 1959, were the largest contiguous cranberry bog in the world. Currently the bogs are owned by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation and maintained by just a handful of people with additional help brought in during the October harvest. The growers are very proud to be part of the longest continuing agricultural business in New England. On Nantucket cranberries are heirlooms, not the genetically modified fruit that many of the large commercial growers produce. Historically, a large portion of the harvest is shipped off island for juice and cranberry sauce, but the organic berries are used locally by Cisco Brewers in their Cranberry Vodka and by Sweet Inspirations for their chocolate covered cranberries. Whatever form Nantucket cranberries take, you’re sure to enjoy them!