Jeff Darnell beats odds with North Carolina strawberries
Story Date: 6/28/2013

Source: Roy Roberson, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 6/27/13
 

Bite into a flavorful Florida grown strawberry in the winter months and the odds are about 50-50 it started out in western North Carolina.

Jeff Darnell, who grows commercial strawberries and a number of other fresh market crops in addition to strawberry plants, provided about 14 million plants to Florida last year.

 
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