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Sweet & Ripe: Your Guide to a Sweet Grown Alabama U-Pick Strawberry Experience

Use this guide to find a Sweet Grown Alabama U-pick strawberry farm near you and enjoy your strawberry-picking adventure!
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Safe and Effective Bee Removal: Protecting Pollinators and Your Property

You love local honey, but bees swarming your house isn’t your idea of farm to table.
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Meet Ambassador Black Adventure Crew

Meet 2025 Sweet Grown Alabama Ambassador, Black Adventure Crew! This adventurous family is passionate about exploring the great outdoors and showcasing the beauty of Alabama’s natural spaces.
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Meet Ambassador Jonathan Harrison

Say hello to Chef Jonathan Harrison, a 2025 Sweet Grown Alabama Ambassador and former contestant on Next Level Chef! With a passion for creating unforgettable dishes using fresh, local ingredients, Jonathan ...
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Farming is a Family and Community Affair

Located in Southeast Alabama and being a fourth generational family farm property, Jack’s Pepper Patch is known for fresh seasonal produce, free-range eggs, homemade hot sauces, pickled items and seasonal pepper ...
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Local Has Always Been Better

Like many of us, I grew up before eating local was cool. Farming was just what we did.
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Meet Ambassador Erin Moody

Say hello to Erin Moody, a 2025 Sweet Grown Alabama Ambassador and lifestyle content creator @moody.wife!
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Keep Alabama

Flashback to an Auburn University classroom where an undeclared student sat with very little idea of what his purpose was in life.
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Meet Ambassador Hope Nunnelley

Meet Hope Nunnelley, another one of our 2025 Sweet Grown Alabama Ambassadors and the creative mind behind @livingandlocal!
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