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Florida’s orange growing industry is kaput (slate.com)
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[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I got to the point where slate cuts it off to subscribe.

The gist:

  • oranges originally came from China via the conquistadors.
  • there’s a greening bacteria that probably came from a tiny bug which also originates from China. - the bug was transported throughout the state by hurricanes
  • The bacteria takes years for it present itself within the tree. By the time you notice, the tree is already in its death throes.
  • there is no current cure, thought they’re working on it. Will likely be many years before the can confirm a real fix
  • most orange juice no longer comes from Florida, the US is a major consumer of the stuff, kind of a novelty elsewhere. We started drinking it because of its vitamin c richness as distributed in rations during ww2.
  • more resistant hybrids are a solution, but author says hybrid juice tastes terrible.
  • Growers may be moving to other crops in the interim.
[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

the US is a major consumer of the stuff, kind of a novelty elsewhere

You can get 10 different brands of orange juice in a German supermarket, but the biggest family pack would be a litre, not a gallon. When I was a kid fruit juice was still marketed as healthy, so we drank a lot. But even then, our family of 5 would never have been able to drink 3.7 litres of juice before it would get bad.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

broccoli juice for vitamin c, yay :/

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

more resistant hybrids are a solution, but author says hybrid juice tastes terrible.

Orange juice doesn't taste like orange juice anyway. It loses its flavor in storage and they all add flavors.