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

Despite recent freezes, local experts say there will be abundant berries available for the annual Florida Strawberry Festival, which begins next week. ...more

February 18, 2009

Despite recent freezes, local experts say there will be abundant berries available for the annual Florida Strawberry Festival that begins Feb. 26. ...more

February 12, 2009

Citrus growers and vegetable growers appeared Thursday to have weathered the statewide freeze better than expected, but tomato growers took a hit as temperatures stayed below freezing long enough to cause damage to some of those crops. ...more

February 5, 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

Growers across the state are accessing damage to crops from a freeze that penetrated as far south as the Everglades. Temperatures hovered in the high 20s in eastern Hillsborough County while staying in the 30s in Tampa early this morning. Even normally toasty Pinellas County saw temperatures at the upper edge of the 30s. ...more

January 22, 2009

The spotlight was on farming at an annual awards ceremony sponsored by an agriculture lender and the chamber of commerce. ...more

August 27, 2008

PLANT CITY As area berry farmers begin to prepare the fields for a new season, their state trade group has completed its nationwide search for a new leader. ...more

August 1, 2008

TAMPA Enterprising thieves have found new venues from which to pilfer: fields of strawberries and groves of oranges. They're not stealing produce, but diesel fuel out of tanks, copper and aluminum wiring out of pump houses and sprinkler heads amid the strawberry plants. ...more

June 3, 2008

It's time to pay our respects to that bright-red, heart-shaped orb that delights: the strawberry. ...more

February 22, 2008