CRANBERRY HARVESTING - Why do they flood the fields?

Cranberry harvesting is a totally different way of farming. Have you tried fresh cranberries?
Thanks to @TheRiversideBog in Langley for showing me how it works.
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[@rogergommert528]

I worked at Ocean Spray in Richmond this year as a binner. The 2020 harvest was expected to be in excess of 53 million pounds of cranberries. This was one of the most enjoyable jobs in my working life, great people and experience, hope to be back next year.

[@dionztonjr.6405]

Can I work there as a truck driver? I'm a truck driver here in the Philippines...

[@robertgrey5993]

Cranberry sauce with chicken or turkey is really good. Cranberries are not the only berries that taste a lot better cooked than raw.

[@ANStan-xp6tb]

...and the giant spiders didn't bother you?

[@BaneRain]

@Dionz Tonjr. you have to see which work visas are available to you the canadian embassy in the phillipines

[@roywarriner8441]

@@robertgrey5993 I like dried cranberries and cranberry juice but loathe cranberry sauce.

[@rileytampus8223]

"Its calm, its quiet" Machine: *BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*

[@Xavier_Renegade_Angel]

I wonder who here that’s eaten a Lingonberries

[@anshuanand90]

Why am I watching cranberries at 1 am. Kudos to the creator for keeping me interested till the end.

[@DownieLive]

Yes! Thanks Anshu! Good night! 😄

[@seanokane2627]

Same

[@happyquacksgaming1285]

3:09 am for me XD

[@CropChroniclesFS25]

Its 5:10

[@AndyIsHereBoi]

whats a kudo

[@janetross6107]

I remember seeing those ads for some cranberry juice when I was younger where there were just 2 farmers standing in the middle of a cranberry field talking about the juice. Those were the good ol days.

[@Sniperboy5551]

Ocean Spray? Good times…

[@Jackamat]

I love that this channel is always showing you something completely unexpected, cranberry farming, steam trains, Harley's, Airbnb's, keep up the hard work, it's always awesome to see something weird that you never would have expected to see in your feed

[@DownieLive]

Yes! That’s exactly my goal, Jack! 👍🏼😄

[@mickefy]

I love how creative people have gotten to get certain things done in such efficient ways.

[@donnowme]

*destructive ways

[@dotdotdot9038]

@@donnowme how is it destructive

[@catylynch7909]

I love making cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It couldn't be easier ... equal parts water and sugar, and a bag of cranberries [plus a touch of salt] ... bring them to a boil, lower to a simmer, until all of the berries have burst. Voila, sauce! And, a lovely aroma will permeate your whole house.

[@DownieLive]

Sounds amazing!

[@thatjerseyb]

I do the same! with a bit of orange zest too!

[@idkanymorelmao5242]

I’m British so I don’t really celebrate thanksgiving but like good for u I guess

[@OfficialParkit]

@@idkanymorelmao5242 wtf is this comment

[@7ranscendenceRL]

@@OfficialParkit wdym, the man just doesn't celebrate thanksgiving as the original comment was referring to. what's wrong with his comment? not everyone is american

[@Kiw111]

Plot twist: The water was actually sprite

[@trashboat4620]

w a n t a s p r i t e c r a n b e r r y ?

[@ryanswistakryanswistak5779]

Haha😂

[@nuggs942]

*W A N N A. S P R I T E C R A M B R A R R Y*

[@funtsucha7745]

But why? Why would you do that.

[@Adrian-tv6os]

Nani

[@teammeteamus.8315]

Dried cranberries are the best!

[@elizabethwells9605]

Ikr

[@SourJarofSouls]

Fun fact! A handful of dried cranberries has more sugar than a Hershey chocolate bar!

[@elizabethwells9605]

@@SourJarofSouls why size Hershey Choclate bar

[@seanokane2627]

I no especially with trail mix nuts

[@itzpete1689]

@@SourJarofSouls but cranberry’s have natural sugar

[@hemireborn6450]

"yeah.. ay" "It's the thirst,thirstiest time... Of the year"

[@lvdarth1256]

I have just one query

[@rapid_]

wanna sprite cranberry?

[@itsjedu8403]

juan.

[@d.b5471]

The answer is cleeeeeear

[@maixe13]

@@d.b5471 it’s the most thirstiest time~

[@chenfrances4012]

My 6-year-old daughter just watched this video. She wanted to say it is so cool to see this.

[@CPKCrailfan]

I swear I’ve watched this video like 80 times. I just find it calm and cool how they farm the cranberries. Keep it up Mike!!

[@noahhornecker4834]

I live in Southeastern Massachusetts, one of the biggest cranberry growing regions in the US. Going on field trips to cranberry bogs as a kid was a right of passage and we always got to pick our own cranberries (it’s not very easy by hand). Very nice informative video!

[@leanneearle3652]

We did a field trip to a cranberry farm when I was in elementary school. I remember it as the best field trip ever. I love cranberries!

[@tanyamartino9030]

This was a great supplementary video I used in my homeschool day with my kids. Thank you for posting it! They were all fascinated!

[@jerryolcsvary5039]

Cranberries (unprocessed) are very good for you. They are full of anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer nutrients. They help keep the liver healthy and lower your blood pressure. And although they are not a sugar bomb they taste great! A great way to add flavor to your steel cut oats for breakfast. And please do business with mom and pop farmers like this. I wish I lived in Canada.

[@limbonlegs1662]

Oh god its my worst nightmare: drowing in one of those cranberry lakes Edit: my worst nightmare is now getting sucked into the . . . *CRANBERRY VORTEX*

[@spidertiger585]

oh nooo....

[@dennis5698]

@Fire lord Zuko Oh no

[@spidertiger585]

@@dennis5698 **OH NO**

[@Tortrois]

@@spidertiger585 *OH NO*

[@acetyw7672]

@@spidertiger585 ohno

[@andrewkast4087]

Great video showing the cranberry harvest. I have friends whose family have cranberry bogs in New England. I have cranberries in my oatmeal everyday, they are good for you. I do enjoy watching your videos, thank you so much for them!

[@thatjerseyb]

Growing up in NJ we lived right outside of Whitesbogs. Every year we would go on school trips there and learn about the history and stuff of how they were farmed and even got to go out and farmed some by hand. (this was fun as a 2nd grader. as an adult, it is awful lol) I didn't realize until I was half way through college that a lot of people are unaware of how cranberries are harvested or grown. Its interesting watching people learn new things.

[@Sniperboy5551]

They didn’t pay attention to the Ocean Spray ads… smh

[@notsoanonymoususer8442]

Don’t know why, don’t know how but I sure am glad this was in my recommended

[@julianakf]

This is fascinating! I had no idea how cranberries were harvested. This is an impressive video and this channel keeps surprising me. Thanks for such great content!

[@meghangantz]

This was SO informative. I don’t why I want to know so much about cranberries, but I do, and this was enormously informative! Thanks.

[@DownieLive]

I'm so glad!

[@Quint1988]

I made a cranberry cake with 3 layers for christmas once and the sweet cream is perfect with the sour fresh berries :3 I coated some on top with sugar which made them look like they are cought in ice crystals - so pretty! It was interesting to see how they get harvested.

[@DownieLive]

That is awesome!

[@SusanCountryLife]

I’m amazed at how fresh everything looks.

[@hackhenk]

"It's quiet" CRANBERRY SLAPPER GO BRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@Aftershock-xt3hr]

Brrrrrrrrrr

[@day3ric]

I love cranberries. I LOVE how tart they are, and it looks so satisfying to harvest too. Just another reason to like them

[@myshoeisonfire]

"quiet" wearing hearing protection..... lol

[@erielcurva4604]

.

[@loganspry1017]

True

[@Linus-rr6ns]

He was around load tracters an trains

[@blunttime420]

Lmao my exact thought. A gas engine just chugging along.

[@blunttime420]

@@Linus-rr6ns I lived beside a train track just like that literally in my backyard it would shake the house. Hearing protection is not required for that.

[@dundermifflin3847]

3:34 "Its quiet" the machine: am I a joke to you?

[@dblcheezburger]

😂

[@gloomyscribbles]

lol the music is far from quiet too

[@d.4.w.g]

the machine is a joke to me, yes

[@dundermifflin3847]

e

[@andrewrossell3782]

The hearing protection is only for decoration

[@RedHillian]

Amazing - they don't grow cranberries here in the UK (although we do eat them), and seeing where they come from & how they're harvested is fantastic! I did know about flooding the fields to harvest them; but I didn't know much about why, or any more than that!

[@williamjones7163]

Growing up, my Mom would make her Cranberry jelly/sauce from scratch. Starting with fresh whole Cranberries and cooking them down and then mushing them into sauce. I never had canned cranberry sauce until I went over to a friend's house. One year, my Mom forgot the sugar. You only forget that once. It was definitely memorable. She also made her stuffing from scratch, her pies, her whipped cream, etc. My Mom had since passed but I will always remember her Thanksgiving dinners from scratch.😂

[@CrannTV]

Fun fact: I was born in that field. I almost died but I made it out

[@strawber3seal_77]

oh my god it's you!

[@LvndenMusic]

I ate your dad

[@lemon_enjoyer1476]

what was is like o-o

[@tahliac4837]

@@LvndenMusic -v- leave

[@zaemonk2942]

For real?

[@alyssajean2327]

This video is awesome! I always wondered why the guys in the commercial were always standing In water with floating cranberries... lol I had no idea flooding Cranberry fields was a thing...

[@JP-jk2le]

I LOVE cranberries. Like, I just eat them as they are. But they are absolutely delicious when you first freeze them and put some warm caramel sauce on them (preferrably homemade, but storebought is also really good). Or just have the berries fresh and not frozen, also works really well in my opinion. Absolutely delicious!

[@rcmini1000]

Cranberries are weird for me. When I first had them I thought they tasted disgustingly sour, but occasionally, I'll get huge cravings for them. They're really good! I love them.

[@mothercereal4438]

I'm in British Columbia! That's pretty cool that there's 80 farms here just for cranberries.

[@holger_p]

British Columbia has about 17.500 farms.So cranberries is only a very little part of it.

[@Dikdusa]

My grandma makes this cranberry relish every year for thanksgiving, wildly amazing

[@TheHotdogstand]

This whole time I thought they grew on the water like Lilly pads!

[@lia-jk9yt]

Me and my brother are trying to go to sleep this video teach us something and we’re able to fall asleep great video!

[@MsSasha4444]

I eat cranberries all year when they are available. It is so interesting to know how they are grown and harvested. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

[@andycarlson5900]

Thank you very much for all the work you did when pulling them!!!!!! 😊

[@shivaprakash4717]

"We all know that they flood the fields" Me: *w h a t*

[@rachelcookie321]

I came to this video because I had no idea they did and wanted to see a bunch of cranberries floating on a cranberry lake.

[@kikoyyoutubetv8206]

i do appreciate what farmers did because farmers feed the world i love cranberry juice thanks for sharing

[@DownieLive]

Me too!

[@smallstudiodesign]

Thanks- for making agriculture / food science fun & informative! ✨🏆✨💕 And thanks for making this pandemic lockdown/ social isolation enjoyable. Glad I discovered your wonderful KZbin channel!

[@loganellis2164]

I normally dont comment very often or like videos, just watch them for fun constantly, and dude you are like the most lively and exciting people to watch I have ever found on youtube. your demeanor is so positive and excited, even after a 4 hour work shift and me having some personal issues, I cant help but be excited and happy while watching this video. absolutely earned the sub, please keep it up! =D

[@DownieLive]

Oh wow! Thanks Logan! Welcome!

[@marieneu264]

This is crazy! I never understood how this fruit worked. Great video, as always!

[@piyush4815]

I love the way they use the new techniques. It really helps them gaining the production.

[@papablueshirt]

I actually love whole cranberries. I put it in oatmeal, potatoes, corn, just about any dish. You have to get accustomed to the taste. It gives it a nice bite. I load up my freezer around the holidays so I have them all year. Only blueberries have slightly more antioxidants, so they are very healthy. Blueberries, cranberries and oatmeal, the perfect dish. : )

[@rayopeongo]

We used to buy cans of cranberry sauce for our big family dinners. Now, we make our own by buying just the berries. It's great because you can adjust the sugar content yourself to get the sauce as sweet or tart as you prefer. It's easy to do, and we usually do it the day before the dinner. The cranberries are cooking on the stove while the raspberry and pumpkin pies are cooking in the oven. The kitchen smells incredible.

[@nayman2801]

very interesting! In Alberta, my grandma and I would always go pick the cranberries in the woods, she could fill a gallon pail faster than I could cover the bottom layer. The wild crans do taste slightly different than farmed, not sure why though. Great video :)

[@glnassa5589]

It's not only awesome, beautiful, sweet & sour, but fantastic. Many thanks for sharing this wonderful video. Best regards, Nassa

[@kastertalkie4093]

2:06 damn, that sound transition tho

[@Angie-v4r]

They look so refreshing. They are really beautiful.

[@mr.pinkypanda531]

this video is probobly really good for social awareness and i think you should keep going on youtube this is really good content. (want more please)

[@susanowen1709]

This was absolutely riveting. I knew about cranberry bogs, but had no idea that they aren't bogs all the time. And the harvesting was fascinating to watch. Now I'm craving cranberry pie (so good - tastes a lot like cherry, only more tart).

[@greg2052]

I’ve just got one question Wanna Sprite cranberry ;)

[@Canesugars]

I have been spammed with those adds

[@bobagingo_]

No

[@jmike7005]

@@bobagingo_ :O

[@cardbored5961]

Uh huh

[@redbridge889]

First off fuck you, secondly. Yes please

[@craigmerryfull7704]

Such a child-like wonder for nature you have. Must have had a very good childhood.

[@bruhmoment5509]

It’s calm, it’s quite. He who wears headphones: yeah sure.

[@TM-qj4yr]

I love this, I had no idea that Langley has cranberry farms. Thanks for sharing.

[@apureo5720]

Who else got a weird taste in their mouth when he ate the cranberry lol

[@jdisjwksn]

I havent eat cranberry

[@The-Meme-Guy-]

Yeah a raw cranberry has an apple texture

[@chelseyBeckOM]

Me

[@ptr1182]

Yeah hahahaga like sour but not sour hard to explain

[@user-ko3te7oy6d]

@@ptr1182 sweet.

[@caradonschuester2568]

Personally, I love me some dried cranberries, great snack to have.

[@gaming_with_john6184]

This could easily be in discovery Channel and it should. Amazing video and extremely interesting

[@DownieLive]

Glad you think so!

[@suzannepatterson307]

I have been making homemade cranberry sauce for years. You couldn’t pay me to open a can. I bought a carrot cake “roll”. Like the pumpkin roll cakes. Well, I decided I wanted to try to make a cranberry sauce and cream cheese filled cake roll. It was amazing!! Hardest part was figuring out the spices for the cake. Can’t wait to make another one! Enjoying your channel. Watched a couple of videos and subscribed. Still binging. Good luck!

[@nic573]

awesome and interesting content! I love stumbling across videos like this that inform me of cool information that I didnt know I wanted to learn!

[@Fluffy65]

Having not watched this until now, I was really hoping it would have been filmed in my home area of central Wisconsin, but oh well. Great video, and thanks for sharing the story of the cranberry harvest with many people that never knew much about them before. The misconception that they actually grow under water is the one I encounter the most.

[@khoitruong6593]

Great video, like always! That looks like A LOT OF hard work!! Will look for their berries when I go to the store next time. Watching this makes me appreciate the fruits of the farmers' labour even more (pun intended!)

[@skyrunnergamer4989]

my recommendations have blessed me again

[@bignog4198]

I’m supposed so be studying... but this is more interesting

[@jp_wehnert]

Your studying ............. just not what u supposed to XD 🤫🤫🤫🤫hahaha

[@user-od9iz9cv1w]

I grew up on a farm operating lots of noisy machinery. It is actually very calming. You have to be fully engaged in every aspect of operating the machine. But you get so good at it, you can disconnect any think about other things while every part of you is making little adjustments to keep things on track. Like a zen meditation, its quite a satisfying experience. Hard for the uninitiated to understand that running a machine that makes noise can be calming.

[@DownieLive]

It’s like white noise.

[@JeffMiletich]

When I was a kid I thought cranberries grew underwater.

[@DownieLive]

Right, but they don't! So surprising.

[@lopi1928]

i thought it grew on bushes

[@blisky3229]

@@lopi1928 same

[@SPHYNX_REAL]

Idk were I'm born

[@dominickjustave3558]

Same

[@nathanpoirier8173]

Cool Downey. I find the field really satisfieng. It looks like a pink lake.

[@FearlessLeader]

I’ve always loved cranberries, but then again I love sour, not so much of a sweet tooth, so they really are great, hard to find not frozen ones where I live though

[@spencerbird1273]

Wow! What a cool video! Loved every second of it!! Excited for the next adventure!

[@Esisauden]

In my country cranberry’s grow naturally. We call them “purvs” where they grow. “purvs” in english means swamp. I’ve never heard about cranberry farms and i don’t know if we have them.

[@williamau5274]

It's beautiful cranberry farm. 👍👏

[@TonyEjerJiang]

Ahhh, so this is what happened in my Stardew Valley farm during fall.

[@JonTheMiniBeastHadden]

I eat cranberries all the time. They are delicious.

[@tahliac4837]

Yummmm

[@rafaelsode3772]

:Yep the machine is called beater How about the operator? :Master- nvm

[@Valen_Cono]

The first vid i saw from this channel... i´m already a fan

[@tankdoss7261]

who else loves it when he says cranberry

[@imamangoo8632]

Awesome I love cranberry juice or soda what that is you get wine maybe

[@hellobye9178]

I just watched a documentary on how farmers whack cranberries to collect them easier.

[@-Avrage-]

standing in a cranberry field is on my bucket list

[@-Avrage-]

@ it is bacon

[@-Avrage-]

@ lol

[@tylergood4444]

Why am I 25 years old and now knowing that the commercial is real. XD

[@InfamousCrimeLocations]

I always wondered why they flood the fields. Cool and interesting vid!

[@TheGlobalExpats]

What a fascinating process! Well covered and explained! 👌🏽

[@DownieLive]

Thanks so much!

[@danmur15]

I live on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and i can remember visiting local cranberry farms for field trips in school.

[@_cchams]

Where is the part where the wolfspiders take over and start eating his eyebrows

[@JordanBeagle]

What?

[@travis8106]

​@@JordanBeagleCranberry farming utilizes thousands of spiders to control pests so they don't have to use pesticides.

[@Nightsky071]

That's what I was looking for

[@kkiissssiikk]

Love the video, amazing info and imaginary. Idk why, cranberries alway make me sleep deep if I eat them or even drink their juice. I am from Siberia, collected wild cranberries by hand as a kid. There, they just grow by themselves wild ones, but they are red soft and very juicy inside so they don’t float. 😊

[@matthewwhiting255]

I live in carver mass. It's where like, most cranberries come from. The fact that some people don't know how cranberries are farmed or haven't tried a cranberry is totally weird to me

[@holger_p]

The fruit is not even known in any country. Meanwhile they became popular dried as raisins, for fitness food mixes.

[@urbanhomesteadingchannel1813]

Cranberry wine, cranberry orange jam, cranberry chutney.....need I go on!!!!! I'm all things cranberry 😋

[@happydays8466]

FUN FACT: IM DRINKING CRANBERRY JUICE WHILE WATCHING THIS

[@ceramicfrog1]

That isnt a fact, and isnt even fun.

[@nugget4059]

@@ceramicfrog1 shut the fuck up

[@Deniss-cp2fo]

sprite

[@0bread286]

@@ceramicfrog1 shhhhhhh

[@Junkrr_0]

@@ceramicfrog1 Bruh you ruined the vibe

[@names.jordan8254]

Man, just found this video in my recommended and boy was I wowed. Super high production quality keep up the good work.

[@evecottom9966]

I live near Bala Ontario where they also do this. Just haven’t seen it.

[@GWAYGWAY1]

I cook cranberries in port or sherry (just a few tablespoonfuls in the pan) until they have popped; add some stevia powder and ground cloves to taste. They freeze beautifully, so you can eat them any time of the year if you want. Great with any meat. ❤️❤️🇬🇧

[@TROLLSTIN13]

“WANT A SPRITE CRANBERRY”

[@shaminahossain8666]

No

[@nerycito5980]

THE ANSWER IS CLEARRR

[@ayoorio3045]

"I don't know where I'm going next, But I want you there with me" got me..... I subbed

[@DownieLive]

Welcome aboard!

[@unaverageavocado159]

Useless fact: Wisconsin is the United States top cranberry producing state

[@b2k-boomer]

not really useless

[@r4ptoritachi]

Cheese

[@dominickjustave3558]

@Marked One fu

[@matthewwhiting255]

Massachusetts is second.

[@jennifermoses8330]

Fianaly Wisconsin is useful for something! (Besides cheese)

[@paypay1421]

I like the part with the cranberries.

[@michaelhoward9270]

that's all cool and all, but can we talk about how he's wearing a life jacket for 1ft of water

[@evelynharber6077]

Probably a safety requirement. Safe working etc! If he were to drown just makes it easier to find the body!

[@rustyscrapper]

if for whatever reason you go unconscious while working in the water. If you fall down even in shallow water the life jacket if worn properly will make an unconscious person roll around onto their back and float with their face above water.

[@pathfinder3175]

have you ever stepped in an 2' deep ditch in 2' of water? You'll fall due to the unseen. Not to mention submerged sprinklers (shin rackers)!

[@Laz.riding]

LOL

[@therealHannibus]

And technically a human could drown in 6 inches of water? Or less?

[@krad1314]

3:49 its calm, its quiet... meanwhile the guy has ear protection on from the noise of the machine lol