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Florida is home to the winter strawberry capital of the world, Plant City! Which is also home to our guest today. Nick is from Wish Farms which grows all the berries you know and love, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and much more! In our interview today, Nick will cover the background of Wish Farms, their production techniques, how they work with partner growers in California and Florida, as well as why they have both organic and conventional production techniques.
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Show Notes:
- History of Wish Farms.
- Growing process of berries.
- Plant City, winter Strawberry Captial of the World.
- Working with partner growers.
- Florida and California berries.
- Why do berries mold so quickly?
- Growing Organic and Conventional.
- How organic production differs from conventional.
- Covid-19s impact.
- Floirida’s $12 billion dollar fruit and vegetable industry.
- Do organic crops use pesticides?
- Are organic and conventional crops just as healthy?
- Thoughts on the farmer consumer relationship.
What I learned from this episode:
- After doing some research, I didn’t know that Florida’s fruit and vegetable industry is over $12 billion dollars. That’s a lotta green.
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