Florida Orange Groves Shrivel Just as Americans Return to Juice
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It’s not looking like a good year for America’s orange juice.
Shriveling from adverse weather and a deadly disease, Florida’s famed orange groves are projected to bear one of the smallest crops in decades, according to new government data. All this at a time when stay-at-home life during the pandemic has caused Americans to guzzle more juice from the fruit.