Florida's orange groves may soon be no more - Population growth, hurricanes and a vicious citrus greening disease

[Demovictory9]

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.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Florida orange groves being in $9 billion a year and 45,000 jobs.

[msongs]

2. one wonders how many of those jobs are performed by undocumented persons nt

[Irish_Dem]

3. I wondered the same.

Yes there may be no one to pick the crops any way.

[Demovictory9]

4. almost all... it's unbelievable manual job. a citizen tried out the job for a tv show.. bag on shoulder, on ladder

huge bag. standing on ladder... pudding oranges in bag at breakneck speed until bag weighs as much as the bagger.

the orange grove workers watched with a smile, knowing the citizen couldn't (and wouldn't) do it.

[Norrrm]

5. DeSantis can always blame transgenders, drag queens, and library books.

[Demovictory9]

6. ...and gender studies degrees and history classes that include slavery as a topic

[sdfernando]

7. I can't understand why huge numbers of people are moving to Floriduh!

I have to go there for work sometimes...absolutely HATE it and leave as soon as I can!

[msongs]

8. people goin there cuz they know FEMA will bail them out post hurricane.....NOT lol