B.C.’s blueberry crop threatened by scorch virus

More than 90 per cent of those blueberries are produced in B.C., according to Agriculture Canada. Agriculture and Food Ministry spokesperson Dave Townsend said scorch virus was first detected in B.C. in 2000 and that last year, about a third of a provincial program’s funding to help farmers went to more than 60 B.C. blueberry growers to help them replant diseased plants.Read more: cbc.ca/1.7260919.