The people who work with wild blueberries are referred to as stewards, and they use best practices handed down through generations of caretaking to tend to the barrens. Maine is the leading producer of wild blueberries in the United States, with approximately 47,600 acres of blueberry barrens being managed on 512 farms statewide. The Passamaquoddy and Wabanki people were some of the first to harvest wild blueberries thousands of years ago and these fruits are of great cultural significance to the Tribes.