Tiny Insect Decimates Florida's Citrus Industry, Orchardists Seek Solutions

How A Tiny Insect Decimated Florida's Citrus, And What Orchardists Are Doing About It

How A Tiny Insect Decimated Florida's Citrus, And What Orchardists Are Doing About It Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Lifelong citrus farmer Sidney Tillett cut a path through a grove that has endured in his family for four generations, stopping his SUV between two rows of trees. On one side was a long plot of lush green saplings, covered with protective mesh bags tied to stakes in the ground. The Citrus Place, a fruit and produce market in Terra Ceia, Florida, on Ma...

By Tyler Durden