At some point, this isn’t going to be an orange grove anymore,” Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales, Florida. “You look around here, and it’s all houses,

Florida’s citrus industry faces an increasingly difficult future, contending with a range of ongoing challenges. From devastating hurricanes to the persistent threat of plant diseases, along with the rapid expansion of real estate development,

As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes encroaching on the orange trees from all sides.