 And the torrential rains over the last month have been beneficial to the Minnesota blueberry harvest. Regina Medina has more. Ben McAvoy is the owner and operator of the UPIC Blue Fruit Farm in Winona. He grows blueberries, cherry plums, honey berries, and other fruit. Last year, the dry spring negatively impacted the honey berry crop. But with the amount of rain that we've been getting, it's allowed those honey berries to ripen up and just be plump and big and delicious.