date:Jun 29, 2012
Twenty years ago the crop would have been decimated by theinclement weather over the past few months but thanks to twodecades of investment in protective covers this summer's crophas been safeguarded from the recent weather problems, he said.There are in fact more strawberries on supermarket shelves thanthis time last year and we will not be importing fruit as wehave plenty of British strawberries available.
BBC Radio 4's Farming Today program had claimed that Britishstrawberry growers in some