Resource for NC Strawberry Growers

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - When a question about strawberries comes to mind there's no need to go globetrotting across the World Wide Web, one stop at the recently launched Strawberry Growers Information Portal will provide the answer. The N.C. State University Program for Value-Added & Alternative Agriculture, with a grant from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, developed the Strawberry Growers Information Portal to bring together on one Web site all the resources pertaining to business management and production of strawberries in North Carolina.

N.C. Cooperative Extension agents and growers can find research-based information specific to North Carolina strawberry production on this site, whether the information originated in the N.C. State Department of Horticultural Science, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Plant Pathology, Entomology or the State Climate Office. Success in agriculture requires a multidisciplinary approach. The goal in designing information portals is to save growers and Extension agents time and effort by creating a one-stop shop for a specific agricultural commodity, in this case, strawberries. Development of portals for other crops is underway.

New growers will find resources specific to start-up, while new and experienced growers will recognize the convenience of the climate links. Video demonstrations of production tools and interactive budget spreadsheets are just two examples of the "virtual" resources this dynamic Web site offers.

Visit the site at http://ncsu.edu/enterprises/strawberries