Welcome to the website of the North Carolina Strawberry Association! We've got great strawberry recipes and information on freezing and storing your fruit. We'll help you locate Pick-Your-Own strawberry farms, learn about strawberry festivals around the region, link with related sites, and more.

We also have information specifically for kids, growers, teachers, and news media-just choose from the menu to the left.

It has been a nice long season but most farms are through harvesting. Many strawberry farms offer other fruit and vegetable crops during the summer. Use our Strawberry Farm Locator to find a farm near you, and call ahead first.  Growers: See NCSA's 2008 Strawberry Plant Source List and 2008 Southeast Strawberry Expo Preview.      We've just added many new recipes to our website, including some chef's favorites (and recipes for diabetics. Click here for our recipe collection!  We have winners! Click to see winners' names and recipes for our 2008 Strawberry Dessert Contest. Featured Recipe: Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle