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PONCHATOULA, La. (WGNO) — She’s a Blossom. That’s why she wears the crown. And the sash. And dresses for success in the middle of her eight-acre strawberry farm.

She is Rhonda Poche.

And WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood discovers the secret to her Louisiana strawberry success.

It means more than a million and a half beautiful berries boxed and sold every season.

Poche has a saying.

Among strawberries, bigger is not better.

Redder is better.


WGNO will be live on the road at this year’s Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival! Tune in on Friday, April 12 at 5 and 6 p.m. as Amy, LBJ and Hank show you the festival’s food, rides, royalty and more!

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