Allied Partners
Allied Partners are companies or organizations who support the strawberry industry with their product or services. FSGA established this program to allow these allied organizations to partner with us on our mission to provide effective leadership and education that cultivates an environment of success for Florida strawberry growers. FSGA Members are our growers, handlers and nurseries directly involved in the production of Florida strawberries.
Allied Partner Tiers
Our allied partner tiers consist of 4 levels with dues that are paid on an annual basis:
Gold Members
- 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
- Primus Auditing Ops
- RCS Company
- Sonoco
- Triangle Chemical Company
Silver Members
- 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 Members
- Actagrow
- Agrosavfe NV
- Alltech Crop Science
- BVT, Inc.
- Fischbach Land Company
- Florida Foundation Seed Producers
- Helm/Alltech Crop Science
- Kemin
- Samson Harvesting
- Timac USA
- Varlow Farms
- Wells Crop Insurance Agency
Base Members
- 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
Handler / Broker Members
Our handlers are listed so you may select a supplier for fresh Florida strawberries. Among other benefits, we provide for our Handlers with point-of-purchase material to assist their retailers in promoting fresh Florida strawberries.
Always Fresh Farms
3755 W Lake Hamilton Drive
Winter Haven, FL 33881
Phone: 863-401-3404 E-mail: sales@alwaysfresh.com
www.alwaysfresh.com
Astin Strawberry Exchange
Contact: Suzanne Roberts
P.O. Box 3837
Plant City, Fl 33563
Phone: 813-650-8448 Fax: 813-754-5702
www.strawberryexchange.com
BBI Produce, Inc.
Contact: Chris Smith
14506 Walden Sheffield Rd.
Dover, FL 33527
Phone: 813-659-0833
www.berryboss.com
California Giant Berry Farms
Contact: Alan Ediger, VP of Sales
P.O. Box 1359
Watsonville, CA 95077
Phone: 831-728-1773
www.calgiant.com
Central Florida Fruit Cooling and Packing
11425 Walter Hunter Rd.
Lithia, FL 33547
Phone: 813-737-3100
Driscoll’s
12880 Hwy 92 East
Dover, Fl 33527
Phone: 813-659-2551 Fax: 813-659-1564
www.driscolls.com
Farm N 4 U
Contact: Lance Ham
1310 Ham’s Farm Road
Plant City, Fl 33565
Phone: 813-478-9335 Fax: 813-707-1550
www.ifarm4u.com
Ferris Farms
Contact: Matt Reichenbach
P.O. Box 909
Floral City, Fl 34436
Phone: 352-637-3880 Fax: 352-726-2125
www.ferrisgroves.com
Mr. Fresh Pak
1400 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Plant City, Fl 33563
Phone: 813-754-7658
Grimes Produce Company
Contact: Shawn Butler
3137 Paul Buchman Hwy
Plant City, Fl 33563
Guynn Family Produce Sales
Contact: Gary Guynn
4233 Homewood Lane
Lakeland, Fl 33811
Phone: 813-918-0767
Hinton Farms Produce
Contact: Bob Hinton, Cammy Hinton
1839 N. Dover Rd.
Dover, Fl 33527
Phone: 813-659-2160 Fax: 813-659-1042
www.hintonfarms.com
Parkesdale Farms Packing & Cooling, Inc.
Contact: Peggy Parke
3914 Tanner Road
Dover, Fl 33527
Phone: 813-659-2429 Fax: 813-659-0300
Sizemore Farms, Florida Supreme Brand
Phone: 863-425-6611
www.sizemorefarms.com
Spivey Farms Sales & Cooling
Contact: David Spivey
6101 S. County Road 39
Plant City, Fl 33567
Phone: 813-650-8999
www.myspiveyfarms.com
Sweet Life Farms
203 East Terrace Dr.
Plant City, FL 33563
Phone: 813-659-0833
Well Pict
84232 State Road 674
Wimauma, FL 33598
Phone: 813-634-4876
www.wellpict.com
Westlake Produce
141 5th St. NW #302
Winter Haven, FL 33881
Wish Farms
P.O. Box 1839
Plant City, FL 33564
Phone: 813-752-5111
www.wishfarms.com
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 Florida Brilliance, Sweet Sensation®, Florida Medallion™, Florida Pearl®, Florida Ember, Florida Encore, Florida Beauty, Sweet Charlie, Rosa Linda, Earlibrite, Florida Radiance, Florida Elyana, Strawberry Festival, Carmine, Winter Dawn, and Winterstar™.
Astin Plant Farm, 813-650-8448, North Carolina
Balamore Farm Ltd, 902-668-2004, Canada
Top of the Mountain Farms, 336-977-6276, North Carolina
C O Keddy Nursery LLC, 902-678-4497, Canada
Crown Nursery LLC, 530-529-6488, California
Cedar Point Nursery, 541-880-8826, California
Ekland Marketing Co., 530-345-4476, California, for sales outside of US and Canada
EZ Grow Farms, 519-875-4751, Canada
G W Allen Nursery Ltd, 902-678-7519, 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
Mathis Farms, 813-757-6955,
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
Top of the Mountain Farms, 336-977-6276, North Carolina
Grower Membership Benefits
The Florida Strawberry Growers Association represents over 65 farm families who collectively grow over 13,000 acres of strawberries in Florida. In addition, we offer associate memberships to allied industries that would like to join our vast network.
Growers pay $50.00 per acre as dues and are equipped with:
Representation on issues and policies
Assistance keeping Florida strawberry production profitable
Industry mediator
Invitation to educational and networking focused industry events
And more!
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors are hardest working members of our organization, and they do it all for free.
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Jake Raburn, President
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Matt Reichenbach, Vice President
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Payton Astin, Secretary
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Jay Sizemore, Treasurer
- Hilda Castillo
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Dee Chavez
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Joel Connell
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Lee Gillman
- Dustin Grooms
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Lorena Gutierrez
- Kristen Hitchcock
- Cooper McDonald
- Shawn Pollard
- Haylee Pugh
- Woody Reape
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Casey Runkles
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Alison Smith
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David Spivey
- Gerald Williams
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Adam Young
Our Members Account For…
65+
Farm Families
13K+
Acres of Strawberries
200M+
Plants planted each year
Ready to Become a Member?
Become a member contacting us for more information on how you can get started with the Florida Strawberry Growers Association.