date:Dec 24, 2019
city, about 30 of the approximately 200 strawberry farms owned by co-op members were damaged by the flood. This included sediment in greenhouses, collapsed greenhouses and mud on seedlings.
Recovery will take a lot of effort, said Shinichi Emata, head of the co-op's strawberry department. Co-op staff have been dispatched to help with removing sediment and other work. The flood hit right around the time the strawberry flowers were beginning to bloom. Farmers removed the flowers that had mud on