• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That article is pretty out of date, having been written in September 2024. This is from the AP last week:

    Population growth, hurricanes and a vicious citrus greening disease have left the Florida orange industry reeling. Consumers are drinking less orange juice, citrus growers are folding up their operations in the state and the major juice company Tropicana is struggling to stay afloat. With huge numbers of people moving into Florida’s orange growing areas, developers are increasingly building homes on what were once orange groves.

    https://apnews.com/article/florida-citrus-oranges-hurricanes-agriculture-1b15f4d51cd6df41188a1884aa38dd8e