Highlights:
• A Florida Icon is Under Siege
• Dream Fruit for a Dream State
• The Citrus Wizard
• Florida Grows: Farming Florida
• A Nicaraguan Heart
• Wewahitchka: Brutal Beautiful Eden
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A Florida icon is under siege
Could you imagine Florida without oranges?
Dream fruit for a dream state
The orange has stirred imaginations, inspired innovations, and made fortunes.
By Gary R. Mormino
The Great Freeze dashed dreams
Working to ensure survival of citrus
Our signature crop is important to Florida.
By Adam Putnam
The citrus wizard
A 19th-century Chinese immigrant was an amazing character.
By Jon WIlson
Florida Grows
Farmers throughout the state produce a surprising variety of crops—
from landscaping plants and sugar cane to sweet corn and watermelons.
Stitching a legacy
Lake Apopka farmworkers attribute their pervasive health problems to pesticide exposure.
By Lani Friend
A community brought to life
People are remembered in patchwork.
Hard work and dreams
‘Harvest of Shame’ depicted grim truth.
By Gary R. Mormino
Wewahitchka: A brutally beautiful Eden
Loving a wild, untamed region of darkness and light.
By Michael Lister
A Nicaraguan heart
A physician dreams of bridging cultures with modern medicine.
By Claudia Martinez
| Media Type | |
|---|---|
| Producer | Produced by the Florida Humanities Council |
| Publication Title | FORUM Magazine |
| Publication Date | 2014 – Spring |
