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Who Killed the Florida Orange?
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Florida produced 242 million boxes of oranges in 2003. This year, the USDA is forecasting 12 million... a decline of more than 95% in less than a generation. Jacob sits down with journalist Alexander Sammon, who wrote a definitive autopsy of the Florida orange industry, to understand how disease, globalization, and real estate swallowed one of America's most iconic crops. Scratch the surface of orange juice, and you find geopolitics, government mandates, and the full sweep of 20th century American economic history. Alex's article below! -- Timestamps: (00:00) - Welcome and Schedule Update (00:26) - Meet Alex Salmon (01:18) - Orange Juice Meets Geopolitics (02:48) - Florida Orange Collapse…