The Florida Strawberry Growers Association represents over 65 farm families farming approximately 14,000 acres of strawberries in Florida with the majority being in the Plant City-Dover area. In addition, FSGA offers Allied Partnerships to companies and organizations in allied industries who 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.
More information on ways to engage with the Florida Strawberry Growers Association:
Our Allied Partnership program offers 4 different levels which offer different types of benefits. The dues are payable annually.
Our Allied Partners receive various benefits throughout the year based on the level of membership that they choose. According to our Bylaws we cannot publish our grower addresses. However, one of the perks our Allied Partners have found to be very beneficial are our mail-out and email services. Any Allied Partner 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 the ability 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 info@flastrawberry.com 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
- Primus Auditing Ops
- 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
- Kemin
- Kennco Manufacturing
- Keyplex
- Lacy Brown Specialty Advertising, LLC
- 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
- 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
- Liberty Agro
- Life Soils
- Maga Bon II, LLC
- Monte Packaging Company
- MyLand
- Statewide Harvesting
- Syngenta, Inc.
- University of Florida, Hillsborough County Extension Services
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
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, Florida Beauty, Florida Brilliance, Florida127, 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
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.
The Board of Directors are hardest working members of our organization, and they do it all for free.