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"Florida has become such a popular place to move that real-estate developers are building homes on top of orange groves to accommodate the exploding population," per FORTUNE
Florida expanded by more than 467,000 people last year to 23 million people, making it the third largest
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Florida expanded by more than 467,000 people last year to 23 million people, making it the third largest state in the nation.
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Unusual Whales - News · Florida has become such a popular place to move that real-estate developers are building homes on top of orange groves to accommodate the exploding populationFlorida’s Citrus Industry Faces Devastating Decline
Florida’s once-thriving orange industry has been in steep decline for over two decades, battered by disease, extreme weather, and shifting economic pressures.
Storms, Disease, and Shrinking Groves
When Hurricane Irma ripped through the state’s orange belt in 2017, Florida’s citrus groves were already suffering from citrus greening disease, which had been crippling the industry since the early 2000s. Then came a major freeze and two hurrican