Weather & Science
California Strawberry Fields in Danger as Another Soaking Looms
The state’s $3 billion industry is weeks behind schedule and the damage isn’t over. Customers can expect higher prices.
Flooded strawberry fields in Pajaro, California, on March 15.
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Already submerged strawberry fields across California are girding for yet another deluge, threatening a $3 billion industry in the US’s largest food hub.
“We were supposed to be picking berries in two or three weeks,” said Soren Bjorn, president of the Americas for top berry distributor Driscoll’s Inc. “That’s clearly not going to happen.”