Growing pains for blueberries as nutrient run-off causes community concern

By Jamie Brown
October 15 2018 - 5:00am
ISSUES: The NSW North Coast blueberry industry has grown at an astounding rate over the past decade and now is coming to terms with management issues like nutrient run-off.
ISSUES: The NSW North Coast blueberry industry has grown at an astounding rate over the past decade and now is coming to terms with management issues like nutrient run-off.

THE fast-growing blueberry industry is currently working through a particularly galling growing pain after university studies on coastal creeks near Coffs Harbour found nitrogen and phosphorous pollution comparable to that in rivers flowing through China, India and Europe.

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