THOUSANDS of Thais are arriving in northern Sweden on temporary work visas—to pick berries. Sweden's right of public access gives anybody the right to pick wild berries, even on private land. In a good year (which this is unlikely to be), the forests are abundant with blueberries and red cowberries. Few Swedes are now up for the hard work of picking, yet de mand is rising. Wild blueberries are much sought after by the health-food industry: four-fifths of Sweden's delicious blueberries are exported.
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