Amelia Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Fla. strikes $1.7B deal with Big Sugar By BRIAN SKOLOFF Associated Press Writer Jun 24, 2008 WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) -- In one of the biggest conservation deals in U.S. history, the nation's largest producer of cane sugar reached a tentative agreement Tuesday to get out of the business and sell its nearly 300 square miles in the Everglades to the state of Florida for $1.75 billion. The deal with U.S. Sugar Corp. results from a convergence of interests: The state is trying to restore the Everglades and clean up pollution caused by Big Sugar and other growers, while the American sugar industry is being squeezed by low-price imports. Republican Gov. Charlie Crist declared the agreement "as monumental as the creation of our nation's first national park, Yellowstone." Under the deal, the state would buy U.S. Sugar's holdings in the Everglades south of Lake Okeechobee, including its cane fields, mill and railroad line. U.S. Sugar would be allowed to farm the 187,000 acres for six more years, after which it would go out of business. The state would then protect the land from development, which has been encroaching on the Everglades for decades. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/E...mp;SECTION=HOME Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
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