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Cracking the Elderberry Code

Can California farmers grow this native plant into the booming global market? A Santa Barbara County–based project aims to find out.

Cracking the Elderberry Code
Sambucus cerulea, better known as the western blue elderberry | Credit: White Buffalo Land Trust

Cracking the Elderberry Code

Can California Farmers
Grow This Native Plant into the
Booming Global Market?

By Matt Kettmann | December 14, 2023