PEI Wild Blueberries
Monthly Featured Article
Avoid Blueberry Flavored Foods
When you spread blueberry jam on toast, or pour a bowl of blueberry morning cereal, you likely picture fresh, plump berries picked straight from a sunlit bush. The packaging often reinforces this vibrant deep-blue fruit, dewy leaves, and bold lettering promising real fruit flavor. However, if you flip the box over and read the fine print in the ingredient list, you might encounter a surprise: no blueberries at all. Instead, you find ingredients like sugar, corn syrup, starch, artificial dyes, and “natural flavor.” How can food companies legally sell blueberry products without a single berry inside?
Where To Buy Wild Blueberries On PEI
Fresh Wild Blueberries
Find farmer’s gates, roadside stands, U-picks and stores across the Island that sell the purest fresh picked berries in season.
Frozen Wild Blueberries
Keep your freezer stocked year round. Find local retail outlets that carry frozen wild blueberries.
Value Added Wild Blueberries
Explore delicious jams, syrups, wines, and specialty goods all made from wild blueberries.
Featured Recipes
Basic Wild Blueberry Muffins
Back To Basics is often a simple reward as demonstrated by these easy to bake wild blueberry muffins. Enjoy
Old Fashioned Blueberry Pie
Here is a delicious double crust wild blueberry pie that stir up of the memories of a baking on a kitchen stove.
5 Star Wild Blueberry Muffins
A straightforward, everyday staple that delivers a tender crumb, domed tops, and evenly distributed fruit without sinking
Featured Articles
Pruning With Fire
Fire and plants seem like natural enemies but the wild blueberry plant is different. Read how for centuries fir was used as pruning method.
What Is A Berry
Sure the Wild Blueberry is a true berry but the strawberry and raspberry are inot. Discover the botanical reason why a pumpkin is a berry.
The ICQ Process
Individual Quick Frozen is the method used to flash freeze food. Discover how a fishing trip to Labrador led to its discovery development
Contact Information
JoAnn Pineau
Executive Director
PEI wild Blueberry Growers Association
159 Sherwood Rd. Suite 100
Chharlottetown, PE
C1E 0E5
Phone (902) 368-7289
Fax (902) 368-7204
Cell: (902) 314-8465