California Farmers Expect Larger Strawberry Crop This Year

Strawberries ripen at Berry Island Farms in Gilroy, Calif., on April 16, 2021. Ilene Eng/The Epoch Times

GILROY, Calif.—Farmers in California anticipate producing more strawberries this year than last year’s crop.

The demand for healthy foods increased last year when the COVID-19 pandemic started, and has remained high. To keep up with the increased consumption, farmers responded by planting more strawberries last fall.