Oregonian18d
Disease, hurricanes and development are squeezing Florida’s orange groves
As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad’s 20-acre grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes encroaching on the orange trees ...
WESH19d
Hit by storms and disease, Florida’s citrus growers try to survive until bug-free trees arrive
“At some point, this isn’t going to be an orange grove anymore,” Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales, Florida. “You look around ...
Tampa Bay Times19d
Florida’s famous orange groves may soon disappear
“At some point, this isn’t going to be an orange grove anymore,” Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales. ”You look around here, and it’s a ...
SNN TV19d
Florida’s famous orange groves may soon disappear
LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad’s 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes ...