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Welcome to the home of the freshest, most delicious strawberries in the world. Enjoy fresh Florida strawberries, available December through April.

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Membership Benefits

The Florida Strawberry Growers Association represents over 65 grower members farming over 13,000 acres of strawberries in Florida with the majority being in the Plant City-Dover area. In addition, FSGA offers associate memberships to allied industries that would like to join our vast network.

Grower Membership

FSGA is a voluntary organization that represents the majority of Florida strawberry growers as members. Growers pay $50.00 per planted acre as dues. The Association represents growers on a wide variety of issues and policies, works to increase consumption and helps keep strawberry production profitable in Florida.

Member Services

Member Service has always been a top priority for the Florida Strawberry Growers Association. FSGA is leading the fight to reduce and streamline regulations and eliminate duplication.

FSGA representatives have served on the Planning Commission, Greenway’s Task Force, and the Agricultural Task Force. Currently, FSGA holds positions on the Agricultural Economic Development Council and Southwest Florida Water Management District Agricultural Advisory Committee. Issues include land use and funding for migrant housing, Greenbelt issues, open space, upland habitat, wetlands, environmental regulations and property rights.

The Association has been in the forefront during every crisis over the past decades, representing growers during drought, hail, floods and freezes. Whenever growers need to provide input to governmental agencies, FSGA serves as the industry’s mediator.

Become a Member

More information on ways to engage with the Florida Strawberry Growers Association:


Allied Partners

Our Allied Partnership consists of 4 levels, and the dues are payable annually.

Our Allied Partners receive various benefits throughout the year based on the partnership level they choose. According to our Bylaws we cannot publish or distribute our grower addresses or contact information. However, one of the perks our Allied Partners have found to be very beneficial are our mail-out and email services. Any member can prepare a mail-out that they would like to send to our growers (stuff it, seal it, and stamp it), and send it to us. We will attach address labels and deposit in the mail it for them. This allows Allied Partners to reach our growers without having access to our list. There is a $25.00 charge for this service for Base Level Allied Partners. The email service is a new Allied Partner benefit available to our Gold Level Allied Partners. A maximum of four emails can be sent out to our grower membership per year from each individual Gold Level Allied Partner. In order to use this Gold Level Allied Partner benefit, the content for the email must be submitted in a PNG or JPEG format and include a company explanation and the company’s logo. The image will be copied and pasted to the body of an email coming from [email protected] to our grower membership.

Gold Allied Partners ($2,000/year)

  • Agrothrive
  • Ag Nutrients
  • Agrothrive
  • Chemical Dynamics
  • Cubed Laboratories
  • Ekland Marketing Co.
  • Farm Credit of Central Florida
  • Florida Coast Equipment
  • Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • FMC Corp.
  • Gowan Co.
  • Harrell’s Fertilizer
  • Highland Ag Solutions
  • International Paper
  • Patterson Companies
  • RCS Company
  • Sonoco
  • Triangle Chemical Company

Silver Allied Partners ($1,000/year)

  • Advancing Eco Agriculture
  • AgBio Innovations
  • AgNet Media
  • Biosafe Systems
  • BMP Logic
  • BVT, Inc.
  • Carden & Associates, Inc
  • Growers Risk Management, LLC
  • Haifa North America
  • Kennco Manufacturing
  • Keyplex
  • Mayo Ag Services
  • Redox – Ag Nutrients
  • Seso Inc.
  • Teleos Ag Solutions
  • Triangle Chemical Company
  • TriEst Ag Group, Inc.
  • TriYield
  • Vestaron
  • Yara North America

Bronze Allied Partners ($500/year)

  • Actagrow
  • Agrosavfe NV
  • Alltech Crop Science
  • BVT, Inc.
  • Fischbach Land Company
  • Florida Foundation Seed Producers
  • Helm/Alltech Crop Science
  • Kemin
  • Samson Harvesting
  • Timac USA
  • Wells Crop Insurance Agency

Base Allied Partners ($250/year)

  • Adama
  • Ag Technologies
  • AgBio Innovations
  • Agri-Signs
  • AMVAC
  • Armando Alvarez
  • Bio Bee
  • Brandt Consolidated, Inc.
  • Brown & Brown Insurance Tampa
  • Central Florida Media Group
  • C.O. Keddy Nursery
  • Crown Nursery
  • Diamond R Fertilizer
  • Florida Israel Business Accelerator
  • Flo-Tec Automation
  • Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
  • Hillsborough County Soil and Water Conservation District
  • HumaGro
  • In the Field Magazine
  • Intergro
  • James Ashworth LLC
  • James Irrigation
  • Lacy Brown Specialty Advertising, LLC
  • Liberty Agro
  • Life Soils
  • Maga Bon II, LLC
  • Monte Packaging Company
  • MyLand
  • Statewide Harvesting
  • Syngenta, Inc.
  • University of Florida, Hillsborough County Extension Services


Handlers & Brokers

Our handlers are listed so you may select a supplier for fresh Florida strawberries. Our handler members pay voluntary assessments to the Association in the amount of $.02/flat on Florida strawberries handled by their facility for each grower member of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association. Among other benefits, we provide for our Handlers with point-of-purchase material to assist their retailers in promoting fresh Florida strawberries.

Updated list coming soon!


Nursery Members

The nursery list consists of nurseries throughout the United States and Canada that have signed a licensing agreement with the Florida Strawberry Patent Service allowing them to sell Florida patented strawberry plants to growers for fruit production. Our Florida patented varieties are Sweet Charlie, Rosa Linda, Earlibrite, Florida Radiance, Florida Elyana, Strawberry Festival, Carmine, Winter Dawn, and Winterstar™.

Balamore Farms, 902-668-2004, Canada

Top of the Mountain Farms, 336-977-6276, North Carolina

CO Keddy Nursery LLC, 902-678-4497, Canada

Crown Nursery LLC, 530-529-6488, California

Cedar Point Nursery, 541-880-8826, California

Ekland Marketing, 530-345-4476, California

EZ Grow Farms, 519-875-4751, Canada

G.W. Allen Nursery Ltd., 902-678-7519, Canada

HB Morse & Sons, 902-538-9389, Canada

Kichler Farms, Ltd., 519-428-2507, Canada

Lassen Canyon Nursery, 916-223-1075, California

Lewis Nursery and Farms, 919-675-2394, North Carolina

Luc Lareault Ltd., 450-586-1850, Canada

NorCal Nursery Inc., 916-527-6200, California

Norton Creek Farms, 828-743-3674, North Carolina

Pepiniere A Masse, 450-469-3380, Canada

Planasa, LLC, 530-524-2468, California

Sierra Cascade Nursery Inc., 530-254-6867, California

Silver Lake Farms LLC, 813-323-6324, Florida

Strawberry Tyme Farms Inc., 519-426-3099, Canada

Westech Agriculture Ltd., 902-853-4184, Canada

Grower Members

Our supporting growers each pay a voluntary assessment to the Association in the amount of $50/acre of strawberries planted each year. In return, the grower members in good standing receive a rebate at the end of the season for Florida patented plants that they purchased. Members who heavily support Florida varieties may receive back in rebates more than they paid in assessments to the Association during the year.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors are hardest working members of our organization, and they do it all for free.

2023 Florida Strawberry Growers Association Board of Directors

  • Jake Raburn, President
  • Matt Reichenbach, Vice President
  • Payton Astin, Secretary
  • Jay Sizemore, Treasurer
  • Dee Chavez
  • Joel Connell
  • Lee Gillman
  • Lorena Gutierrez
  • Mike Lott
  • Steve Mathis
  • Andy McDonald
  • Tres McQuaig
  • Matt Parke
  • Casey Runkles
  • Alison Smith
  • David Spivey
  • Adam Young


About Florida Winter Strawberries

In 1980, a few strawberry growers began meeting in their homes to discuss the best way to organize a group that would represent the interests of the Florida strawberry industry. On February 11, 1982, the Florida Strawberry Growers Association (FSGA) was born. Hillsborough County is recognized as the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World and the home of some of the sweetest, reddest and juiciest strawberries around.

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Florida Strawberry Growers Association
P.O. Box: 2550
Plant City, FL 33564
Telephone: 813-752-6822
Fax: 813-752-216

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