Picking berries

Berries picked for sale in Finland

Berries are bought by factories that refine berries, agents that resell them, and buyers in groceries, at the marketplaces and at resting places along the roads. Many 4H associations resell wild growing berries and other products to the factories that refine and use them. The most common way is to sell the berries uncleansed. Some buyers also buy cleansed berries.
The berries are picked with the help of a picking tool. These tools are sold in markets, groceries, hardware stores and sometimes on the market places. The price of this tool is commonly 10-20 €.

Examples of berries picked for sale:

• Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
• Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
• Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)
• Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum spp. nigrum, E. nigrum spp.hermaphroditum)

Some tools (rakes) used in picking forest berries in Finland