Blueberry farm to be established in South Africa's Cape

South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has approved a project for the establishment of a blueberry farm in Stutterheim in the Cape. The project comprises the establishment of a blueberry farm and packaging facility on 410 hectares of land. The blueberry project is expected to create about 2,300 jobs in an area with a 55% unemployment rate. The full operational development would take place around 2015, with the 410 ha blueberry farm reaching maturity in 2020. This is a long-term greenfields project and blueberry was ideal as a high-value crop with a high-demand trend, especially in the northern hemisphere among health conscious consumers. Apart from this, blueberry has high antioxidant levels.