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Related: About this forumFlorida's orange groves may soon be no more - Population growth, hurricanes and a vicious citrus greening disease
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
(70,905 posts)msongs
(71,437 posts)Irish_Dem
(70,905 posts)Yes there may be no one to pick the crops any way.
Demovictory9
(36,219 posts)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
(1,918 posts)Demovictory9
(36,219 posts)sdfernando
(5,747 posts)I have to go there for work sometimes...absolutely HATE it and leave as soon as I can!