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Florida's Natural Growers is an agricultural cooperative based in Lake Wales, Florida.It is currently owned by over 1,100 grower members. It was the only national orange juice maker that used only US-grown fruit (grown by its cooperative members in Florida) in its products; however, this policy changed starting in May 2022. [2]
Donald Duck is an American brand of frozen and refrigerated orange juice that is owned by the Florida's Natural Growers agricultural cooperative, which was known as Citrus World from 1969 to 1998, and before that as the Florida Citrus Canners Cooperative.
George Herman Wedgworth (October 6, 1928 – November 16, 2016) played a significant role in Florida agriculture having founded Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida in 1960. [1] Wedgworth [2] [3] founded the Cooperative, and until his retirement in October 2013, served as Chairman of the Board. He led the Cooperative for 53 years and ...
1960s; 1970s; 1980s Pages in category "1933 establishments in Florida" ... Pages in category "1933 establishments in Florida" ... Florida's Natural Growers; G ...
Florida's sugarcane production expanded significantly after the United States ceased importing sugar from Cuba in 1960. [32] Most of the sugarcane is produced in organic soils along the southern and southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee in Southern Florida, where the growing season is long and winters are generally warm. [32]
Florida growers are expected to produce 12 million boxes of oranges during the 2024-2025 season which would be the lowest since 1930. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts the ...
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During the 1950s and 1960s the South Florida metropolitan area grew four times as fast as the rest of the nation. Between 1940 and 1965, 6 million people moved to south Florida: 1,000 people moved to Miami every week. [79] Urban development between the mid-1950s and the late 1960s quadrupled.