Louisiana’s Citrus Hub Has Struggled With Hurricanes, Erosion, Aging Farmers; What’s Next?

January 4, 2021 Halle Parker, Nola.com

Ironically, perhaps, the qualities that once made Plaquemines Parish so attractive for citrus farmers — its southerly latitude and nearness to warm Gulf waters, which made it Louisiana’s most temperate growing area — have increasingly made it more vulnerable to coastal erosion and hurricanes.