PLANT CITY – The Florida Strawberry Growers Association is seeing red.
The Walmart in Plant City offered imported Mexican strawberries until a recent backlash by members of the Strawberry Growers Association, which is fighting for survival for the second consecutive season against their Mexican competitors.
"Everybody on the (Growers Association) board was appalled and disgusted. It was a complete slap in the face," said Andy McDonald, a Plant City grower and the association president.
Danit Marquardt, a Walmart 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.
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