In North Carolina, the strawberry season has begun. Growers Bernie and James Kenan have been farming together at their farm in Greensboro for over a decade. James’ family has owned the farm since 1951.
According to Kenan, the strawberry crop looks great this year and other farmers he spoke to across North Carolina also expect an abundant crop that could last until August.
Kenan explained they are very picky about what strawberries they pick for customers and said if the strawberry is pale red it won’t have any flavor, so they wait to pick them until the entire strawberry is a dark red color. Strawberries are very expensive to harvest because it costs about $15,000 per acre to harvest and they work on the crop for several months.
“We want our customers satisfied and we want them coming back and I don’t think they’re satisfied with what they get in the supermarket otherwise they wouldn’t be here,” Kenan told spectrumlocalnews.com.