how does the demand and supply of freshly grown food keep up?

Question

I don’t get how say a strawberry grower/supplier for a major supermarket, grows and supplies continuous amounts of strawberries (or any other food item grown) to be able to supply the whole country on a mass basis.
Surely, once the ripe ones have been picked you have to wait ages for them to grow again. How on earth is there ever enough to supply so much all the time?

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Answer 1

Mostly the use of petroleum based fertilizer. Fertilizers and greenhouses with lighting can keep some crops growing all year. Also advanced cold storage with oxygen removal helps, store fruit long term.