The party for one of Florida’s top fruit crops kicks off today at Brownwood Paddock Square, and we’re not talking about oranges. The Villages Strawberry Festival, which runs from 10
Vance Whitaker Ph.D., UF/IFAS strawberry breeder, in a field at UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in in Balm, about 20 miles southeast of downtown Tampa. UF/IFAS PHOTOGRAPHY / COURTESY PHOTOS As far back as the early 1950s, University of Florida scientists have been studying how to improve strawberry production and consumption – not