Organic Production and Marketing Newsletter
March 2004
Florida Certified Organic Citrus Groves
As of 2003, certified organic citrus groves are required to register with the Florida Department of Citrus, including grove GPS coordinates, a listing of cultivars grown, estimates of crop yield and other information related to fruit movement. This registration procedure provides an accurate determination of the number of certified organic citrus groves. In the pie chart below, I have listed the number of such groves in different counties (Fig. 1). Each grove unit is considered separately according to GPS coordinates. Although Lake County has the largest number of groves at 10, some of these groves are owned by one party.
