Plant City Florida Strawberry Festival 2010

I have heard lots of good things about the Plant City Strawberry Festival ... so we decided we would give it a shot. Turns out, it wasn't the best idea we've ever had. One positive about living in Florida ... we grow delicious strawberries in March, when the rest of America is wanting them. One negative ... even though they grow here, the prices are still insanely high.

Anyhow, the Strawberry Fest turned out to be an over-priced, overrun event. As you'll see near the end of the video, you keep walking, and walking, and walking. And the people keep going, and going, and going. It seemed like half of the state was in this one little spot. You pay money to get in, walk around a one mile square carnival, and then to pay more money for over-priced strawberries.

Here's my suggestion ... DON'T GO IN! When you drive through the area, and you see all the little booths on the side of the road ... buy from them. You'll probably save a bunch of money on the strawberries. And, instead of walking around with half the state in a teensy, little, dusty parking lot - go buy some cheaper strawberries, get all the strawberry shortcake fixin's with your family, and go home and have a KILLER shortcake with your family instead.

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[noles4ever09]

Bein' one of the farmers who sell on the inside, the only reason the strawberries this year were more expensive was because we had such a hard season! Try having half your crop killed by the weather a week before the festival and even during. And the berries sold outside the festival is cheaper because it is lesser quality. They also packet the bad berries on the bottom and put good berries on top so it appears to be better.