Submitted by bizgrrl on Tue, 2008/06/24 - 7:38am
According to the Orlando Sentinel, it looks like Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida is going to commit the state to paying $1.7 billion for 187,000 acres to help restore the Everglades.
"It's like the Louisiana Purchase for the Everglades," John Marshall, of the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation, said of the potential deal.
Now, you have to wonder where U.S. Sugar, the nation's largest producer of cane sugar, is going to move their farming business, Louisiana maybe.
Congrats to the State of Florida, Charlie Crist, and the United States, if this deal goes through.
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Sugar cane as been in
Sugar cane as been in decline in LA for many years. Check out Knoxvillian (and my master's committee member) John Rehder's "Delta Sugar."
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Got sugar
Wait!!! Resurgence!!! Cane planting is coming back in La. In Jeff Davis parish alone a new sugar mill and and ethanol refinery have provided a good nearby market. I don't guess acres planted are officially in yet but it looks like a lot more lately.
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