If you're crazy about fresh strawberries and don't mind getting your fingers stained with berry juice, you can save some money by visiting one of several farms in the area now open for U-pick. ...more

March 25, 2009

If you're crazy about fresh strawberries and don't mind getting your fingers stained with strawberry juice, you can save some money by visiting one of several strawberry farms in the Plant City area now open for U-pick. ...more

March 20, 2009

It's a long-held tradition in eastern Hillsborough County for members of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association to compete in the Florida Strawberry Festival's best flat contests. ...more

March 18, 2009

PLANT CITY A local strawberry field will be open for U-pick from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 21 to benefit the Hillsborough County 4-H. ...more

March 13, 2009

Area strawberry fields were hit with the coldest temperatures of the season last week, but growers used sprinklers to limit damage to berries and blooms. ...more

January 28, 2009

PLANT CITY - Last year, longtime strawberry grower Carl Grooms' 188 acres were rezoned for residential. Now it looks like his farmland on County Line Road may not sprout houses after all. ...more

February 6, 2008

PLANT CITY - Under a freezing crescent moon and an ice-cold indigo sky, Bob McDowell leaned over to inspect an icicled sprinkler. His goal: Save every strawberry at the 200-acre Fancy Farms, east of Plant City. ...more

January 3, 2008