The Brief
- The Strawberry Festival is changing who is eligible to participate in swine sales shows.
- Organizers said that they no longer have room to accommodate a raffle of several hundred participants.
- They will only allow students in FFA programs that are east of I-75 to participate.
PLANT CITY, Fla. – The Strawberry Festival is overflowing with livestock, and its organizers are changing the rules to try to get control of it.
However, their new plan to restrict participation in the swine show is ruffling some feathers on the western side of Hillsborough County. Kids at schools west of I-75 will no longer be allowed to participate.
The backstory:…