Great resource of a website: Link to Alaska's groovy/ vibrant farmer-market scene here:

http://www.alaskagrown.org/shopEat/whereBuy/markets.html

Some aesthetically appealing images of picking berries etc. here to go along with it:

http://www.alaskastock.com/resultsframe.asp?txtkeys1=picking

Gosh... I bet someone out there is wishing they could escape for a week... drive around and pick berries and live in a tent than go into town for the farmers market, maybe catch some live music.  aaahhhh...

here are some other articles;

http://www.alaska-highway.org/delta/stories_of_delta/friendship_berrypatch.htm

http://daveandlisanoble.blogspot.com/2007/08/berry-picking-and-bugs.html

http://media.www.thenorthernlight.org/media/storage/paper960/news/2002/08/05/Features/Berry.Picking.Its.The.currant.Thing-2541183.shtml

http://adriannatb.blogspot.com/2007/10/berry-picking.html

hopefully in 20-30 years those kind of experiences will still be there for the taking...

peace