Editing Berry (section)

=== Economics ===
According to figures from Global Berry Congress 2015 in the US, over 6 million dollars of soft fruit are sold, accounting for 19% of total supermarket revenue, more than bananas (a botanical berry) at 11%, and apples (14%), with continued rapid growth in the market expected.<ref>{{cite web|title=Retail revenue soft fruit in US bigger than bananas or apples|url=http://www.freshplaza.com/article/137286/Retail-revenue-soft-fruit-in-US-bigger-than-bananas-or-apples|website=freshplaza|accessdate=11 August 2015}}</ref>

In certain regions, berrypicking can be a large part of the economy, and it is becoming increasingly common for western European countries such as [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]] to import cheap labor from [[Thailand]] or [[Bulgaria]] to do the berry picking.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title = Berrypickers, unite!|url = http://www.economist.com/node/21559956|newspaper = The Economist|access-date = 12 August 2015|issn = 0013-0613}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Record number of Thai berry pickers to arrive in Finland|url = http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/13418-record-number-of-thai-berry-pickers-to-arrive-in-finland.html|website = helsinkitimes.fi|accessdate = 12 August 2015|first = Aleksi|last = Teivainen}}</ref> This practice has come under scrutiny in the past years because of the low wages and poor living standard for the "berry-pickers", as well as the lack of worker safety.<ref name=":0" />