In heavily populated southeastern Massachusetts, where cranberry growers are by necessity large landowners, the bogs where the crops are cultivated are being surrounded by development.

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"They're seeing large influxes of cash, " says Paul van Eeden, a mining and metals investor and president of Cranberry Capital, an industry newsletter.

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The U.S. has a large pool of available labor, abundant raw materials and falling energy costs, said Paul van Eeden, president of Cranberry Capital, a private Canadian holding company.

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