{"id":14459,"date":"2019-05-06T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=14459"},"modified":"2019-05-03T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T21:31:18","slug":"tennessee-department-of-agriculture-says-strawberry-season-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2019\/05\/06\/tennessee-department-of-agriculture-says-strawberry-season-has-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Department of Agriculture says Strawberry Season has arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TennesseeNashville, TN<\/strong> – Tennessee Department of Agriculture reports that despite the wet start to spring, sweet and juicy strawberries are prime for picking in most areas of Tennessee. If you are looking for the freshest berries, you need to go straight to the farm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are seeing more ripe strawberries by the day.\u201d Mitchell Hyde of Hyde Farms in Loudon County said. \u201cThe more sunshine, the more berries we will have ready to pick!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pick Your Own Tennessee Strawberries.<\/p><\/div>\n

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One West Tennessee farmer has already started a reservation list for people who want to pick their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are picking heavily this week\u2014lots of strawberries are ripe and ready,\u201d Timothy Brady of Dixie Chile Ranch in Obion County said. \u201cAll you have to do is let us know how many 5 quart buckets you intend to pick and we\u2019ll let you know what times are available.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Middle Tennessee, berries are selling fast. \u201cWe sold 65 gallons of strawberries within the first hour of opening,\u201d Jon Kelley of Kelley\u2019s berries in Trousdale County said. \u201cThe first week in May is generally the best time to visit the strawberry patch. However, we will have ripe strawberries well into June.\u201d<\/p>\n

Never picked fresh strawberries before? To learn more about the picking process for the farm you are going to visit, all you have to do is call and ask. Farmers also suggest calling ahead of time to ensure that berries are available. If you want fresh strawberries without the work, many farms provide the option for customers to purchase already-picked strawberries.<\/p>\n

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the number of Tennessee strawberry farms has increased by almost 4% during the last five years. The traditional season lasts about four to six weeks, depending on weather\u2014so the best tasting strawberries you\u2019ve ever had won\u2019t last long.<\/p>\n

Support your local economy and buy fresh strawberries from your local farmer today. Go to www.PickTNProducts.org<\/a> or use the free Pick Tennessee mobile app to find a farm near you. Follow \u201cPickTNProducts\u201d on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to learn more about seasonal recipes, products, and activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Agriculture reports that despite the wet start to spring, sweet and juicy strawberries are prime for picking in most areas of Tennessee. If you are looking for the freshest berries, you need to go straight to the farm. \u201cWe are seeing more ripe strawberries by the day.\u201d Mitchell Hyde […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[107,1637,229,284,1074,7053,261,1632,2069,1457,228],"class_list":["post-14459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-featured","tag-loudon-county","tag-middle-tennessee","tag-nashville-tn","tag-obion-county","tag-strawberries","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-department-of-agriculture","tag-trousdale-county","tag-u-s-department-of-agriculture","tag-west-tennessee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14460,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459\/revisions\/14460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}