As Florida’s citrus season begins, stretching from October through May, orange trees hang heavy with ripe fruit, bursting ...

Matt Mattia used both hands to flip through the branch at his eye level, studying each side of every leaf as sunlight filtered from above. “Just healthy leaves,” he said, noting the dark green color.

Many South Florida residents remember with grief a day in the early '00s when the government came for their citrus trees. "They didn't ask politely, 'Can we please come in and take your trees?' No, ...

Donaldson might just be the last branch keeping Florida’s orange juice flowing. When Americans think of fresh orange juice, they probably picture a glass poured straight from Florida’s sun-drenched ...

The Sunshine State’s signature crop faces an existential crisis due to disease and the effects of climate change. Citrus greening has had a devastating impact on Florida's orange industry, reducing ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s citrus industry is in crisis. In the last 20 years, production has fallen a staggering 90%—from 300 million boxes a year to just 12 million last season. The Florida ...

On either side of a sandy dirt road, Valencia orange trees tower overhead with flecks of orange and yellow peeking through leafy green branches. Morgan McKenna Porter, 32, has spent her whole life in ...

Trevor Murphy, inspects an orange tree in one of his groves, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla. Murphy, whose family has been growing oranges for generations, is hoping for a cure to citrus ...

Elisabeth Beagle, Terviva's director of tree operations, places a newly grafted pongamia tree in a high- humidity greenhouse at the company's nursery, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Fort Pierce, Fla. The ...

Orange trees grow well in containers. If you live in a cold climate, bring them indoors for winter or enjoy their beauty—and ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes ...