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'Greening' Disease Threatens California's Citrus Industry
Ninety-three square miles of the San Gabriel Valley are now under a citrus quarantine because of a bug that could cost California $2 billion.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenNinety-three square miles of the San Gabriel Valley are now under a citrus quarantine because of a bug that could cost California $2 billion. It carries a disease called citrus greening that's been found on a backyard lemon tree in Hacienda Heights. That could lead to a nightmare citrus growers have feared since it first appeared four years ago. We hear what's at stake and what you should look for in your backyard. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, from Bhutan to the UN to the USA: should "Gross National Product" be replaced as a goal by "Gross National Happiness?"
Banner image of Asian citrus psyllid courtesy of the US Department of Agriculture
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2 storiesA Little Bug Could Cause a Lot of Trouble
From Baldwin Park and West Covina south to La Habra and from El Monte east to Walnut, citrus is under quarantine. If you have an orchard – or just a backyard orange, lemon or grapefruit tree – you're not allowed to take a fruit off the property. What's at stake is nothing less than California's $2 billion citrus industry.
Read the story15 minBhutan, the United Nations, and Gross National Happiness
Forty years ago, the King of Bhutan, a Himalayan country of less than a million people, suggested that "happiness" should replace economic output as a measure of human advancement. Last week, his grandson – the current king – led a UN conference on " Happiness and Wellbeing : Defining a New Economic Paradigm." Which are the "happiest" countries?
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