When people talk about the impacts of climate change on agriculture, they usually use the future tense. The reality, though, is that climate change already is, and has been, changing global conditions enough to cause meaningful shifts in agricultural production. Case in point, where Florida was once known both nationally and globally as the US’s citrus powerhouse, today the groves are moving North, where farmers in Georgia are starting to establish citrus production with aplomb.

To learn more about this story of adaptation and resilience, we invited Lindy Savelle, self-proclaimed Orangepreneur at JoNina Farm and a founder and leader of Georgia Grown Citrus.

This week, Lindy shares her journey and discusses what she’s learned about: 

• Why citrus spoke to her as a crop that wasn’t only doable on their operation, but that could be viable for others in their community
• Why building a state citrus growers organization was such a critical part of moving the local industry forward on research and technology
• AgTech opportunities that are becoming increasingly important to Georgia citrus, from citrus greening prevention to labor augmentation

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Useful Links:

• A Return to the Land (More on Lindy's background and return to agriculture)
• JoNina Farm
• With climate change, crops migrate north
• The adaptation opportunity in agri-food tech

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