Florida Takes Steps to Save Endangered Citrus Production, Protect Valuable Farm Land from Foreign Buyers

Florida Takes Steps to Save Endangered Citrus Production, Protect Valuable Farm Land from Foreign Buyers
In an aerial view of a fruit loader harvesting oranges at a grove in Fort Meade, Fla. on Feb. 1, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Patricia Tolson
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Florida lawmakers are taking steps to save Florida’s citrus industry and to restrict foreign countries from purchasing the state’s valuable farmland.

At the Jan. 4 Florida Senate Agriculture Committee meeting—the first in the 2023 regular session—Chairman Jay Collins (R-District 14) acknowledged that the citrus industry in the Sunshine State is facing formidable challenges.
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