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Frostproof, Florida – 19 February 2025
1. Drone of orange grove with trees covered for protection ++MUTE AT SOURCE++
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Sebring, Florida – 18 February 2025
2. Face of citrus grower Trevor Murphy seen in rear view mirror of car
3. Murphy driving car
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Murphy, citrus grower:
"I’m a third-generation citrus grower. My grandfather started in the 50s. My father and my uncles are still involved in it."
5. Citrus grove seen from moving car
6. Close orange fruit on tree
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Murphy, citrus grower:
"Just in my time, we went from roughly 150 million boxes in the state of Florida to this year, we might be lucky to pick 10 million boxes"
8. Murphy showing citrus bud
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Lake Wales, Florida – 18 February 2025
9. Drone of citrus groves and new development ++MUTE AT SOURCE++
10. Drone of citrus groves and new development ++MUTE AT SOURCE++
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Sebring, Florida – 18 February 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Murphy, citrus grower:
"And it seems like every new time I drive through, there’s another grove that’s been abandoned. So it’s definitely something that has happened quick.”
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Lake Wales, Florida – 18 February 2025
12. Citrus grove near road with for sale sign
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Sebring, Florida – 18 February 2025
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Murphy, citrus grower:
"So since 2017, we’ve had Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Milton come through the citrus belt. And then on top of that, we also had some freezes, the first time that we’ve had in probably 10 plus years. The trees are already in a weakened state because of the greening.”
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Frostproof, Florida – 19 February 2025
14. Drone of orange grove ++MUTE AT SOURCE++
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Sebring, Florida – 18 February 2025
15. Close up orange blossom
16. Oranges on ground
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Lake Alfred, Florida – 19 February 2025
17. University of Florida professor Lukasz Stelinski walking to UF/IFAS citrus growing facility
18. Stelinski examining potted orange trees with signs of psyllid insects that cause greening
19. Close of hand and psyllids
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Lukasz Stelinski, University of Florida professor of entomology and nematology:
"Well citrus greening is a devastating bacterial disease that affects citrus and just a few of its relatives. Since the disease came to Florida, the industry has declined significantly. Since 2006 alone, it’s been reduced by about 90%. So this has been absolutely devastating."
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Dundee, Florida – 19 February 2025
21. Road sign of Davidson of Dundee Citrus Candy and Jelly Factory
22. Close of citrus preserves jars manufacturing
23. Wide preserves manufacturing
24. Close jars put in boxes
25. Wide inside of citrus candy factory store with customer tasting preserves
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Davidson, president of Davidson of Dundee Citrus Candy and Jelly Factory:
"The size of the fruit has been affected. You know, obviously we had giant honeybells, navels, grapefruit — I mean these were massive. Don’t see that, you know, as much either. So we’re really hoping that scientists can get this figured out, so we can get back to what we do. I mean, we were citrus farmers for forever, and we’re hoping we can do that and keep it going."
27. Historic photograph of Citrus candy factory sign
28. Factory workers pouring citrus mixture to make candy
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Lake Alfred, Florida – 19 February 2025
32. Close psyllids
34. Stelinski looking at tree
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