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Savor the flavor, nutrition during Florida strawberry season
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Florida produces about 11 percent of the nation’s strawberries, most of them grown in the winter. You can taste them now – sweet, succulent strawberries. February and March mark the peak time for Florida strawberry production, and University of Florida experts point to several reasons consumers gobble up the juicy fruit.

“Strawberries are tasty because they are sweet and slightly tangy. This comes from the sugars and acids in them,” said Joshua Payne, a family and consumer sciences agent for UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County.

People flock to Florida for strawberries this time of year. When they get to the Florida Strawberry Festival, many line up for the star of the show — strawberry shortcake.

“It’s a classic,” said Payne, a native of Plant City, home to the festival. “I think it is a fan favorite because of the different textures. The cake is fluffy and buttery, the strawberries are juicy, and then the whipped cream on top is light and airy.”

“I know, working the festival in high school and college, we had a lot of people from Canada that would come to the strawberry festival,” Payne said. “I think it is probably because it’s one of the few places you can get it locally and fresh, especially at the U-picks.”

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Look around Hillsborough, Polk and Manatee counties, and you’ll see about 14,000 acres of strawberries.

In addition to tasting great, strawberries are full of nutrition. For instance, they’ve got lots of vitamin C.

“I know when people think of vitamin C, their first thought is citrus, but strawberries actually have more vitamin C in them — when compared cup to cup,” Payne said. “They also have natural sugars in them but also fiber, which is good for digestion.”Florida produces about 11 percent of the nation’s strawberries, and most of the berries grow during the winter, when other states cannot produce fresh fruit.Andrea Nikolai, a registered dietitian and the family and consumer sciences agent for UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, offers some strawberry selection and care tips: They don’t ripen after they are harvested, so select […]

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