date:Feb 06, 2013
rt spokeswoman, said that almost all of the strawberries sold in its Florida stores since late November, the start of the harvest, came from local growers.
We typically only bring non-Florida berries into Florida when demand increases beyond the supply of local growers, she said in a Thursday email to The Ledger. Additionally, we have supported our Florida growers this season by sourcing hundreds of thousands of cases of Florida-grown strawberries for Walmart stores in 15 other states.
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