To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Question
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:24:55 -0500
On Jan 27, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:
> We've been hearing about farmers planting thousands of Aronia bushes but
> what are they doing with the fruit? Who buys it? And for what? What is
> the end product(s) of the fruit?
>
I've been seeing a lot of products at Whole Foods that are colored with
aronia. I'm not wild about the flavor of aronia, and consider that a minor
disadvantage when selecting products. But it's all natural, and good for
you, and all that, so I suppose it sells.