Source: Morgan Norwood, WTVD, 4/1/20

Strawberry picking season for central North Carolina starts in mid-April through the first week of June, a time where local growers rely heavily on 'pick-your-own' operations. Now, farmers are working to adapt. "We've been growing strawberries since 2000, so you pick has been 85 percent of our business so I'm really relying on our customer base," said Tina Gross, owner of Gross Farms in Lee County. COVID-19 coupled with stay-at-home orders has truly crippled the market by knocking down the amount of consumers farms will see.

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