Myakka City resident Sophie Jo Branscomb, a rising senior at Braden River High School, used to pick gallons of strawberries every January at a small farm near her house.
She would use the strawberries to create strawberry jam.
During a trip to Ireland with the Braden River Future Farmers of America, Branscomb, who is the FFA president, was transported back to that time when visiting The Village at Wheelocks Strawberry, a farm and artisan food shop between the cities of Dublin and Wexford…