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PEI strawberry grower hit hard by drought, virus

June 28, 2013, Belfast, PEI – Peter Penny of Belfast, P.E.I., says between last year’s drought and this year’s virus, his strawberry fields are taking a beating.

Penny and his wife, Jennifer, own and operate a nine-acre strawberry operation on the Trans-Canada Highway within eyesight of one of their two main customers, Cooper’s Red & White. READ MORE