California’s Cherry Season Draws Crowds to U-Pick Farms

California’s Cherry Season Draws Crowds to U-Pick Farms
A branch of ripening cherries at Nunn Better Farms in Brentwood, Calif., on May 20, 2021. Ilene Eng/The Epoch Times
Ilene Eng
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BRENTWOOD, Calif.—Branches full of plump red cherries sway in the wind, as if waving down a U-picker to choose them.

California’s cherry season sends crowds to local farms to pick their own cherries. This was a popular activity during the pandemic lockdowns and has remained popular even as lockdowns ease. Some have decided to make it a family tradition.

Ilene Eng
Ilene Eng
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Ilene is a reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area covering Northern California news.
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