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The juicy story of Florida's orange trade



Florida (CNN) When you think of Florida, you naturally think of oranges.

What you may not know is that a whopping 95% of its oranges are squeezed for juice, and a quarter of those are exported to places like Japan, South Korea and Canada.

In fact, after Brazil, the "Sunshine State" is the second-largest producer of orange juice in the world.

Among Florida's many producers is the Hunt Brothers company, which started out in 1922, when Florida farmer Deeley Hunt planted the seed that would lead to 2,000 acres of citrus.

Read the rest and see the video at CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/26/world/florida-orange-trade/index.html

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