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Plant City s summer was record hot What could that mean for strawberries? – Orlando Sentinel

Plant City s summer was record hot What could that mean for strawberries? – Orlando Sentinel
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Plant City s summer was record hot What could that mean for strawberries?

PLANT CITY — Fan blades whirred at the open-air Parkesdale Farm Market on a scorching hot day in September. Co-owner Jim Meeks had installed the large fans this summer to cool customers as they ordered milkshakes flavored with Plant City’s famous strawberries. Smaller fans blew air onto employees working the counter. Meeks sometimes found them seeking more relief in the walk-in freezer. .

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Local strawberry farmers and gardeners preparing for cold weather

With freeze watches issued for most of the Tampa Bay area, strawberry farmers are doing what they can to protect their livelihood.

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Strawberry farmers rebound after coronavirus lockdown left many financially devastated

Strawberry farmers rebound after coronavirus lockdown left many financially devastated While sales for the food service industry have fallen, strawberry farmers are reinventing themselves to keep their farms alive. and last updated 2021-03-05 18:03:12-05 PLANT CITY, Fla. â Farmers in the Tampa Bay area are rebounding one year after the coronavirus shutdown left many of them financially devastated. âFarmingâs surviving some years are good a lot of years are bad,â said Matt Parke farm manager of Parkesdale Farms. Parke says 2020 was one of the bad years for Parkesdale Farms. The Plant City farm is known for its strawberries but also grows a few vegetables. Its produce ships to places up the east coast, to as far as Canada. Parkes says 80% of his strawberry crop was picked before the country went into lockdown last March.

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