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California Strawberry Festival

The California Strawberry Festival is an annual strawberry festival that takes place in Ventura, California, United States.[1] The event is held at the Ventura County Fairgrounds on the third weekend of May. The festival was held at College Park, adjacent to Oxnard College, from 1991 to 2019.[2] The California Strawberry Festival began in 1984, and was originally held at Channel Islands Harbor.

California Strawberry Festival
StatusActive
GenreFestival
FrequencyAnnual
VenueVentura County Fairgrounds
Location(s)Ventura, California
CountryUnited States
Years active1984–2019, 2023-present
Inaugurated1984 (1984)
Attendance20,000 to 25,000
WebsiteCalifornia Strawberry Festival

The 2020, 2021, and 2022 events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival is scheduled to resume in 2023.[3]

Local production edit

This section is an excerpt from Oxnard, California § Strawberries.[edit]
 
Strawberry field
The Oxnard Plain is well known for its strawberries. According to the USDA, Oxnard is California's largest strawberry producer, supplying about one-third of the State's annual strawberry volume.[4] From the end of September through the end of October, strawberries are planted and harvesting occurs from mid-December through mid-July in Oxnard. The peak harvesting season in California runs from April through June, when up to 10 million pint baskets of strawberries are shipped daily.[5] The state of California supplies over 85 percent of U.S. strawberries, with the U.S. supplying a quarter of total world production of strawberries.[6]

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References edit

  1. ^ Quiquivix, Linda (July 3, 2017). "Beyond Permaculture Ethics: Review of Permaculture Magazine's Film Series, "Living with the Land"". Capitalism Nature Socialism. 28 (3): 129–132. doi:10.1080/10455752.2017.1353229. ISSN 1045-5752. S2CID 148659771.
  2. ^ Varela, Brian J. (February 1, 2023). "Strawberry Festival is back with new location". Ventura County Star. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Salgado, Cytlalli (March 17, 2022). "Strawberry Festival in Oxnard canceled for third time due to coronavirus". Ventura County Star. Retrieved May 28, 2022. For the third year in a row, the California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard has been canceled due to COVID-19 uncertainty. The event dedicated to the region's staple crop will not take place in 2022, organizers announced last week.
  4. ^ [1] Archived February 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ [2] Archived October 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Charles, Dan (May 17, 2012). "The Secret Life Of California's World-Class Strawberries". NPR News.

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