Seeing Red

A series on the unlikely rise -- and unexpected fall -- of the U.S. cranberry market in China.

Jin Peng, owner of artisanal food company Willow's, checks his sauce. (Mengyu Zheng for WBUR)

In Search Of Cranberry Sauce, 'Chinese Style'

WBUR's Adrian Ma traveled hundreds of miles just to taste what he thought was a Chinese take on an American classic.

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04:35Nov 27, 2019

The Impact Of The Trade War With China On The U.S. Cranberry Industry

The third of a four-part radio series on the rise and fall of U.S. cranberry sales in China.

Local Coverage

05:53Sep 20, 2019

How The U.S. Marketed Cranberries To China

The second of a four-part radio series on the rise and fall of U.S. cranberry sales in China.

Local Coverage

07:01Sep 20, 2019

Old bog trucks at Duxbury Cranberry Company in 1959. (Courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries)

How A Nationwide Cancer Scare Nearly Sank The Cranberry Industry

Fears over a chemical believed to cause cancer in rats ruined cranberry sales in the late 1950s. Ultimately, it forced the industry to innovate.

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07:38Sep 17, 2019

A worker at a bog owned by Carver-based Decas Cranberry Products, Inc., removes vines from a batch of just-harvested berries. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

How The Trade War Crushed A Growing Chinese Market For U.S. Cranberries

In just a few years, China went from being a country where cranberries were virtually unknown to being a top buyer of the fruit. Then, the trade war happened.

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06:10Sep 16, 2019

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Seeing Red

In Search Of Cranberry Sauce, 'Chinese Style'

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The Impact Of The Trade War With China On The U.S. Cranberry Industry

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How The U.S. Marketed Cranberries To China

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How A Nationwide Cancer Scare Nearly Sank The Cranberry Industry

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How The Trade War Crushed A Growing Chinese Market For U.S. Cranberries

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In Search Of Cranberry Sauce, 'Chinese Style'

Local Coverage

The Impact Of The Trade War With China On The U.S. Cranberry Industry

Local Coverage

How The U.S. Marketed Cranberries To China

Local Coverage

How A Nationwide Cancer Scare Nearly Sank The Cranberry Industry

Local Coverage

How The Trade War Crushed A Growing Chinese Market For U.S. Cranberries

Local Coverage