is that good
@unormal
The Florida orange industry has been killed by citrus greening over the past ~20 years. Even if a cure were to be developed tomorrow, the industry won't recover because all the groves have been developed into shitty housing in the meantime.

@unormal speaking as a Florida native, it's very ungood. It's mainly because land owners find that they can make more by selling their land to be turned into more shitty subdivisions and strip malls than by growing oranges.

There are also likely some climate-related issues there as well; when I was a child, we had hard freeze warnings a few times a year that would require the grove owners to put stovepots out to keep the oranges from freezing, but would - at the same time - concentrate the flavor and sweetness in the fruits. Without enough cold weather, orange juice is watery and bland, and it's been a long time since we've seen any real cold weather where we used to grow oranges.

Also as a Florida native who used to enjoy "home-grown" fruits and veg, it's just plain sad that we're trading history for another McDonald's.

@unormal Next year: production of kerosene-infused oranges rises to highest level since 1930