Working toward rapid, inexpensive, environmentally friendly cures for HLB/citrus greening
Two years ago, CRDF “and others” had “previously” paid Bayer $12.6 million, plus another “$421,000 each,” amounting to well over $13 million for the German multinational to help Florida solve citrus greening. Of that $12.6 million, the vast bulk came from CRDF. Today: Zero results,
The Research-Industrial Complex of Bayer and CRDF are jointly displayed on a cosponsorship promotion for the 2022 Citrus Expo. Not quite the short-term solution against citrus greening that CRDF now likes to tell smaller independent growers. Here’s the link as of today, plus a screen
A new Florida state law could strip Monsanto-Bayer from profiting from the millions of dollars that CRDF has poured into the conglomerate for genetically modified citrus. The law, which modifies the Florida Citrus Commission, mandates that “any new variety of citrus fruit which is developed
Faced with accelerated crop destruction after its decision to pour millions into long-term solutions to HLB/citrus greening, the Citrus Research and Development Foundation reversed course to “force” itself “to be laser-focused” on “near-term results,” Citrus Industry reports. CRDF’s decision confirms what Save Citrus has been
Save Citrus joined Florida citrus growers, processors, and others in the industry at the annual Florida Citrus Industry Annual Conference in Bonita Springs. Our own Jesse Rojas attended the Citrus Research and Development Foundation board meeting, whose COO Rick Dantzler greeted him. The two later
“After having poured millions into wasteful subsidies to Monsanto-Bayer to fight a bacteria that has wrecked Florida’s citrus groves, the lead person responsible for finding a solution has proposed a better idea,” Jesse Rojas of Save Citrus writes in Florida Daily. “He wants to treat
Citrus greening wipes out yet another family farm. Frank Green’s 100-acre grove in Alva, a family operation since 1890, has torn out one-third of its citrus groves and is burning the trees. Nearby, Joe English has destroyed 200 acres of his citrus groves, which the
An Orlando jury awarded a commercial nursery owner $1.2 million for damages ordered by the Florida Department of Agriculture in an early, failed attempt to stop citrus greening. The owner of Pokey’s Lake Gem Citrus Nursery in Zellwood lost more than 160,000 citrus trees after
Questions are being raised about the real estate dealings of the brother of CRDF COO Rick Dantzler. The Saunders Ralston Dantzler real estate firm has sold large and small current and former citrus groves, much of it being promoted for non-citrus use – and even
“Florida growers have been asked to give even more money to the CRDF because Rick Dantzler thinks they need to show the state that they have ‘skin in the game’ to show the state when they lobby for research grants. This is a massive wealth transfer from