Working toward rapid, inexpensive, environmentally friendly cures for HLB/citrus greening
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
“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
Radio ads across Florida’s citrus-growing regions are telling growers that they’re not putting their “skin in the game” by extending the mechanism to tax them to fund CRDF. CRDF has nothing to show for the $180,000,000 it has spent so far against HLB/citrus greening Growers
SaveCitrus’s opposition to extending the mandate that would fund the Citrus Research and Development Foundation has been picked up by the nation’s top aggregator of policy news in Florida. RealClearFlorida, a division of RealClearPolitics in Washington, DC, ran the Center Square story May 26 about
Faced with a staggering record of failures driven by his Research-Industrial Complex policy, CRDF COO Rick Dantzler shifts blame to the growers. “CRDF is an organization created to serve Florida citrus growers and that is controlled by Florida citrus growers, it will recommend what it
CRDF’s chief operating officer Rick Dantzler admits that Florida citrus growers “are frustrated with CRDF” but urges them to vote to continue the mechanism to assess taxes on them to fund his organization just the same. “When deciding how you vote on whether to continue
In what he called an “important clarification” to a SaveCitrus statement, CRDF’s Rick Dantzler urged growers to save the mechanism that assesses the ‘box tax’ which funds Dantzler’s operation. Dantzler’s statement appeared in Citrus Industry on May 25, two days after SaveCitrus announced an effort
Growers are demanding accountability for $180 million spent on research that hasn’t found a solution to citrus greening, Center Square Florida reports. “Florida citrus growers are pushing back against a tax they’ve been paying to fund research they argue hasn’t, and doesn’t, benefit them. Over
St. Petersburg, FL –Save Citrus, a new coalition of citrus growers and industry partners, launched the first in a series of educational radio ads aimed at fellow growers. This ad focuses on a state-sponsored referendum on whether to continue the mechanism to tax growers to
SaveCitrus has sent personal letters to Florida growers urging them to vote in a referendum against continuing the Florida Citrus Research Order. Coalition leader Jesse Rojas signed the letters, telling growers: Is your citrus business better off now than it was in 2009? Recently you