Florida's Natural Gives $250,000 For Citrus Research

By Growing Produce Staff|July 26, 2011

The Florida’s Natural Growers Board of Directors voted to donate $250,000 to fight citrus greening. “As a Florida grower cooperative, it is important to combat this disease with every resource available,” said Steve Caruso, CEO, Florida’s Natural Growers. “This support of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) and its efforts to battle citrus greening is vital to the long-term future of the Florida citrus industry.”

Florida’s Natural Growers is comprised of 13 grower organizations representing almost 1,000 individual growers who own nearly 50,000 acres of citrus in Florida. Florida’s Natural Growers operates its processing plant in Lake Wales with a juice packaging plant in Umatilla.

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The cooperative’s Board of Directors showed their commitment to the fight with this significant donation to the CRDF, the leader in citrus research against HLB, said Caruso. “For the Florida citrus industry, HLB is the most important issue.”

Source: PRWeb