“We should develop what we grow… [Now] even carrots and potatoes come from Italy. We could produce those in sufficient quantities ourselves. But we can sell huge quantities of cranberries – we could supply all of Europe with them – but that doesn’t just happen out of nowhere,” said Jānis Bierands, owner of the “Strēlnieki” farm, who started his business by growing cranberries.
“About 25 years ago, we were just getting started – we were all trying our best, and there were the first ...