| Scott Schultz is a co-owner of Russell Rezin & Son, Inc. He and his wife, Shelly, along with their children, Rusty and Amber, live on the family-owned cranberry marsh east of Warrens.
The marsh has been owned by the Shelly’s family since 1918, when her grandfather bought 12 acres of cranberry vines established by the previous owner.
Scott began working on the Rezin marsh in 1986. Four years later, he and his brother-in-law Bruce Hart started Jay Creek Cranberries. Combined with his ownership in the Rezin marsh, Scott is responsible for 210 acres of cranberries.
The photo at right – courtesy of The Country Today – shows Scott harvesting cranberries with a water-reel machine. Water reels are used for harvesting cranberries that will be made into cranberry juice or other processed products.
The water reel churns the water, jostling the cranberries loose from the vines. Because each cranberry has four small air pockets, they float on the surface of the water after being dislodged.
Growers take advantage of that natural buoyancy to corral the cranberries using floating booms. Once corralled into a corner of the bed, the berries are loaded onto waiting trucks and hauled to a receiving station.
In addition to serving on the Discovery Center’s board of directors, Scott is currently serving as president of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association.
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