After the remains of the roast beef supper were cleared from the folding tables at the community hall in Truemanville last fall, the Cumberland County Federation of Agriculture passed a motion that had been three hard years in the making.
No news outlets were at the meeting and the three blueberry growers present likely weren’t aware of the power they yielded that night when they, with the support of other farmers, passed a motion asking for an investigation into potential collusion in the blueberry industry.
Then at the Nov. 30 meeting of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture that motion came to the floor. The word “collusion” was replaced with “pricing practices” and the motion was passed.
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