Extremely "green" strawberries travel to Seattle via sailboat

by Tim Flanagan on June 29, 2009

Diane Urbani de la Paz has the story in the Peninsula Daily News:

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[Dave Reid of Seattle, who with his Sail Transport Co. delivers produce without petroleum, loads strawberries and other Peninsula-grown produce onto his sailboat Friday morning. -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]

SEQUIM — Let us follow a strawberry, flush from the field as it travels on wind and water — but without petroleum — from Sequim to the big, hungry city.

People in Seattle want these oil-free Sequim berries with the Nash’s Organic name on them, according to David Reid, owner and operator of Seattle’s Sail Transport Co.

He’s the bringer of our berry — plus hundreds of pounds of other produce — across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, into Puget Sound and to the city dock in Seattle, all without a motor.

This strawberry, ripened in Sequim solar energy, travels aboard the Whisper, Reid’s 27-foot, engineless sailboat.

Upon arrival, the fruit is carried on a cargo bicycle or tricycle to the table of someone who discovered Dungeness Valley flavor at a Seattle farmers market.

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