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State Seeks Growers' Help
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Published: November 18, 2007
The state is trying to persuade growers to enroll in a voluntary program to reduce pollution into area waterways. The figures below show that the state still has a ways to go in signing up a majority of the growers.
| Total
Acreage | Acreage in
program | |
| Hillsborough | ||
| Nurseries: | 2,604 | 1,081 |
| Vegetables: | 14,989 | 3,700 |
| Citrus: | 19,187 | 100 |
| Pasco | ||
| Nurseries: | 461 | 39 |
| Vegetables: | 47 | 0 |
| Citrus: | 9,831 | 2,395 |
| Polk | ||
| Nurseries: | 906 | 165 |
| Vegetables: | 942 | 0 |
| Citrus: | 95,050 | 48,441 |
Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
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