Source: Chick Jacobs, FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 3/22/17

 
As Kevin Riddle combed row after row of freeze-fried strawberries along Chickenfoot Road, he'd stop and savor a small white splash amid the buds of brown. "It's another blossom, coming back out," Riddle said. "Where there's blossoms, there's hope."
For several growers across the Cape Fear region, the season remains unsettled. Three straight nights of temperatures in the mid-20s...

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