Come Over Here, Sweet Thing

Competing offer for U.S. Sugar complicates Everglades restoration plan 3

Florida's intent buy out a giant sugar operation in a move to restore the Everglades is being complicated by a competing offer from the Lawrence Group, a Tennessee farming company.

sources:

Related Stories

Advertisement
Advertisement

  1. hipifreq Posted 3:31 am
    22 Nov 2008

    Get to the heart of the problemWhat needs to be addressed with the sugar industry in Florida is the massive government subsidy that receive. Without money from my pocket growing sugar in Florida would not be a profitable business as sugar from other countries is much cheaper to produce, and not necessarily because labor is cheaper, but because it's just easier to grow.
    IMHO, we should remove the subsidy and allow these farms to leave. Then the state/feds can pickup the land on the cheap.

    Permalink

  2. Biodiversivist's avatar

    Biodiversivist Posted 9:10 am
    22 Nov 2008

    Once again farming and biodiversityclash. Which one will win?

    Permalink

  3. Wolverine Posted 2:39 pm
    24 Nov 2008

    Just Take The LandThe government can always condemn the land and take it by eminent domain.  So long as the government can show a public purpose, which restoration of the Everglades clearly is, this type of action cannot be stopped.  The only issue in court would be the amount of money the government would have to pay.

    Permalink

Add a Comment

You are not logged in. Thus, you cannot post a comment. If you have an account, log in. If you don't have an account, well, by all means go make one! Meet you back here in five.

Hello, Visitor!    Why not register?

Viewed
More
Commented
More
Advertisement