About us
S. K. Wainio Bogs has been managing cranberry bogs in Southeastern Massachusetts since 1997. Our company manages hundreds of acres of cranberry bogs in both Bristol and Plymouth counties.
After several years of running the Willows Cranberries processing facility, we purchased the facility and the surrounding bogs in 2024. We are one of the last cranberry companies in Massachusetts to use traditional dry-picking methods. Dry-picking cranberries preserves their natural waxy exterior, giving them a longer shelf life than other picking methods.
Once the crew finished picking a bog, they bring the cranberries to our processing plant. There, the crew sorts the cranberries for the best color and freshness using Hayden separators and color sorters. The cranberries travel down our conveyor for packaging, the crew hand-removes any flawed cranberries the machines may miss. From spring to fall, our crew manages every step until our cranberries reach store shelves.
The crew running the Furford dry pickers.
Bags of picked cranberries on the bog before putting the berries into dry-picking bins for transport to the processing plant.
Running a Furford from the operator's point of view…
How cranberries are dry picked using a Furford picker
Dry-picked bins of cranberries waiting for processing.
Our Hayden Separators and de-trashing hoppers
Cranberries being loaded into the de-trashing hoppers to remove vines and leaves.
After the vines and leaves are blown out of the cranberries, they drop down into the Hayden Separators. The Hayden Separators sort out rotten berries and under-sized cranberries.
Cranberries exiting the Hayden Separators on to a conveyor to the Optical Sorter for further grading.
Cranberries heading down the conveyor to the Optical Sorter
The Optical Sorter uses sensors to look at the color of the cranberries and push out the poorly colored berries.
Before packaging, the cranberries flow from the Optical Sorter down the conveyor where we remove any bruised, scarred or small cranberries the Hayden separators and Optical Sorter has missed.
Cranberries being packaged in to 25 pound bulk boxes.
Cranberries waiting to be packaged.
Cranberries waiting to be packaged.