Blueberry Profits Are Juicier In Canada

The Great White North has been good to Milbridge-based blueberry grower Wyman’s of Maine.

Over the past three years, the company has spent $33 million on expanding its operations in Canada, compared with $8 million in its home state.

Wyman’s President and CEO Ed Flanagan told a group of U.S. and Canadian trade officials Thursday that Canada has several advantages over Maine: drastically lower taxes, free employee health care, desirable land, better access to a seasonal workforce, and more reasonable food regulations.

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