A controversial editorial in The Ledger (Lakeland, FL newspaper) on Aug. 31, titled “Citrus Greening: Details Would Aid Growers,” triggered some strong responses from the citrus industry. Click here to read the editorial.
On Sept. 4, The Ledger published a response to the editorial from Mike Sparks, executive VP/CEO of Florida Citrus Mutual. Click here to read Sparks’ “Citrus Works Openly Against Greening.”
Peter McClure, agricultural research and business development manager for Evans Properties and a citrus grower very involved in greening research funding efforts, offered his rebuttal to the editorial on Sept. 6. Read McClure’s “Citrus Industry Is Open, Scrappy” here.