Source: Amy Sowder, THE PACKER, 2/17/21


In early February, farmworkers started trickling into the parking lot from the strawberry field to take their lunch break at Parkesdale Farms, Dover, Fla. Walking through the parking lot, grower Matt Parke said he was preparing for a freeze that night during a growing season that’s had cool weather for an unusually long time — producing top quality, high sugar, plump berries, but volume about half as much as the same time last year.

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