Interested in Your Own Personally Branded Magazine? Click Here!

Want to customize this content for your business?

Learn More

Categories

  • Home
  • Decor
  • Real Estate
  • Life & Culture
  • Food & Recipes
  • Holiday & Entertaining

  • Printables
  • Videos


General

  • About the Magazine
  • Advertise
  • Copyright
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Careers


Editorial

  • Editorial Calendar
  • Issue Archive
  • Contact Us
  • Pitch an Idea

American Lifestyle Magazine Logo
  • Home
  • Decor
  • Real Estate
  • Life & Culture
  • Food & Recipes
  • Holiday & Entertaining
  • Search
  • Follow
  • 0 Heart
  • |
  • Food & Recipes Categories
    • All Recipes (771)
    • Appetizers (144)
    • Breakfast (64)
    • Cooking Tips (45)
    • Desserts (222)
    • Dinner (233)
    • Drinks (58)
    • Gluten Free (11)
    • Healthy (71)
    • Lunch (12)
    • Quick & Easy (66)
    • Vegan (39)
    • Vegetarian (58)
Dinner | Sep 15, 2023

Louise’s Upside-Down Chicken

  • Holiday & Entertaining Categories
    • Celebrate (2)
    • Christmas (103)
    • Easter (17)
    • Entertaining (50)
    • Fall (40)
    • Father’s Day (6)
    • Halloween (31)
    • Hanukkah (17)
    • July 4th (37)
    • Mother’s Day (8)
    • New Year’s (24)
    • Spring (22)
    • St. Patrick's Day (13)
    • Summer (48)
    • Thanksgiving (48)
    • Valentine’s Day (5)
    • Winter (40)
Fall couch
Decor | Sep 4, 2023

The Right Way to Design for Fall

  • Decor Categories
    • Crafts & DIY Projects (288)
    • Curb Appeal (6)
    • Decorate (89)
    • Interior Design (103)
Photography by Michael Partenio
Interior Design | Sep 22, 2023

A 1940s Home Restoration

Marie Burgos home redesign
Interior Design | Sep 12, 2023

California Dreamin’

Modern dining room
Interior Design | Sep 5, 2023

A Dining Room Design Guide

  • Real Estate Categories
    • Buying & Selling (196)
    • Home Trends (21)
    • Staging (23)
    • Your First House (38)
Buying & Selling | May 15, 2023

America’s Best Cities

Staging | Feb 13, 2023

Put Your Best House Forward

Decor | Nov 14, 2022

Design Trends to Follow in 2023

  • Life & Culture Categories
    • Editorial (315)
    • Family & Pets (220)
    • Finances (37)
    • Health (162)
    • Travel (267)
Sharsheret
Health | Oct 2, 2023

An Unbreakable Chain

Sunset at Congress bridge in Austin, TX and bats flying in sky
Travel | Oct 2, 2023

The Austin Bats

Men building with wood
Health | Sep 25, 2023

Sweet Dreams

  • Home Categories
    • Cleaning (47)
    • Organizing (50)
    • Home Improvement (126)
    • Outdoors & Gardening (91)
Photography by Michael Partenio
Interior Design | Sep 22, 2023

A 1940s Home Restoration

Marie Burgos home redesign
Interior Design | Sep 12, 2023

California Dreamin’

Two children returning home from vacation with luggage
Travel | Aug 9, 2023

Get Organized After a Summer Getaway

Follow us on social media today!

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

It’s National Blueberry Month!

Health | By Megan McCarthy | 3 Likes
SHARE
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More

Summer is in full bloom, and your fruity favorites are ripe and ready to be picked. Especially the most widely popular summer fruit in the US–the blueberry.

35 years ago, the United States Department of Agriculture decided that July would officially become National Blueberry Month. The blueberry has a pretty juicy story of how it came to be. Wild blueberries have been around forever, but the blueberries we see in our local supermarkets weren’t cultivated until around 1910. Wild blueberries are not easy to grow and are pretty unpredictable in size and taste, which is why a woman named Elizabeth White wanted to figure out how to change that and make these factors more linear.

The discovery and its founder

Elizabeth White, the daughter of cranberry farmers in New Jersey, wanted to expand their business with other crops—particularly the blueberry. Blueberries are usually harvested in July, which falls two months before the cranberry harvest. While she was a college student at Drexel University in Philadelphia, her main interest was in figuring out how to grow the best blueberries.

With the help of some friends, White was able to create different strains of the blueberry that could be grown easily, be plentiful, and be the right size every time. Today, the blueberries we know and love at the supermarket are available to grow in 35 different states.

Why July?

July was chosen as a time to recognize this delicious berry because it is the prime month to harvest the fruit!

4133 Views

This article is tagged in:

HealthNew Jersey

Related Posts

Life & Culture | Jun 2, 2023

Picky-Eating Pets

Life & Culture | May 19, 2023

It’s a Pickleball World

Barbecue with various meats cooking on a grill
Food & Recipes | Jun 23, 2022

Meat Cooking Temperature Guide

sun-screen-safety
Life & Culture | Jun 10, 2022

Here Comes the Sun: Summer Sunscreen Tips

Keep Dog Healthy
Life & Culture | Mar 31, 2022

Nutrition for Your Dog

Popular Posts

can-planters-card
Decor | Mar 25, 2020

Make Your Own Can Planters

Home | Jul 8, 2021

Tips for Redesigning Your Patio Space

Life & Culture | Feb 17, 2020

Trash vs. Recycle: Do You Know When to Trash it?

spring-cleaning-countdown
Home | Mar 23, 2021

Spring-Cleaning Countdown

Make Your Own Seed Paper
Decor | Mar 17, 2016

Make Your Own Seed Paper


You may also like:

can-planters-card
Crafts & DIY Projects | Mar 25, 2020

Make Your Own Can Planters

Outdoors & Gardening | Jul 8, 2021

Tips for Redesigning Your Patio Space

Health | Feb 17, 2020

Trash vs. Recycle: Do You Know When to Trash it?

spring-cleaning-countdown
Cleaning | Mar 23, 2021

Spring-Cleaning Countdown

Make Your Own Seed Paper
Crafts & DIY Projects | Mar 17, 2016

Make Your Own Seed Paper

Buying & Selling | Dec 14, 2017

House Selling Checklist

home office with white furniture
Health | Mar 30, 2020

Here’s How to Work From Home Effectively

Share on Social Media

Our mission is to deliver entertainment that inspires and motivates our readers, encouraging them to follow their passions as they explore new horizons.

© 2023 American Lifestyle Magazine

General
  • About the Magazine
  • Advertise
  • Copyright
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Careers
Editorial
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Issue Archive
  • Contact Us
  • Pitch an Idea
Categories
  • Home
  • Decor
  • Real Estate
  • Life & Culture
  • Food & Recipes
  • Holiday & Entertaining
Follow Us
Facebook Pinterest Instagram Youtube

Customize this content for your business!

Learn More

,