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Looking down on the tray of a big truck filled with waste fruit.

Cows munching on a huge pile of strawberries.

"About 98 per cent of our product is gone, but the sun's shining today,"
she said.

Damaged strawberries in bins

"When we have this kind of catastrophic event — for the best financial outcome and to actually survive it, we don't have the capacity to sort and grade,"
she said.

Three bruised strawberries being held up in a hand.

A man holds up a strawberry in a field.

"Rally the jam makers, they're going to have to get real busy I think."
A black and white photo of two workers dumping out strawberries.

Strawberies and pineapples in the back storeroom of a produce shop.

Beautiful ripe red strawberries in punnets.

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