Coca-Cola Commits $2 Billion to Citrus Growers

Minute Maid’s parent company is funding the planting of 5 million orange trees southwest of Orlando in DeSoto, Hardee, and Polk Counties. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam announced that over the next two decades Coca-Cola will acquire all of the fruit produced — a $2 billion commitment. The Florida Department of Citrus estimates the program will generate more than 4,100 direct and indirect jobs.
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