Blueberries: How I save $350 dollars a year on this superfood berry
Down the road several miles from our home, lives a farmer who grows blueberries. On an early summer morning each year before the heat of the sun becomes too intense, my son and I visit the farm to pick blueberries. When done, we will have filled our buckets with enough blueberries to last our family until the following summer.Environmentally, our blueberries travel two miles from field to table. As the family cook, I am fond of these locally-grown super food berries for their antioxidant cancer prevention properties. It is amazing how much money I save compared to what the grocery store charges for blueberries. I have some numbers -- let's take a look.
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