On Wednesday, October 28, the Marion Natural History's after-school group learned about one of our native fruits, the cranberry. The Wampanoag and other Indigenous peoples have harvested cranberries in this area for over 12,000 years, thanks mainly to our glacially formed kettle ponds. Our group learned about the environmental factors behind modern-day cranberry farming. We also had a chance to experiment with how to tell a good berry from a bad one by bouncing the berries. We also learned different harvest
