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The fishing industry in Florida helped 3,344 jobs in 2022. [53] Florida aquaculture producers reported sales in 2018 of $72 million, according to a survey administered by the Florida Agricultural Statistics Service.
Much of the agricultural labor from Florida's early colonial period through the Civil War was done by slaves. [45] The Florida tomato industry has historically relied on migrant labor. [46] Exploitation of that labor was widespread with the town of Immokalee, Florida being "known as ground zero for modern day slavery." [47]
Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida near Orlando PortMiami is the world's largest cruise ship port. Visitors at the beach in Naples, Florida. Tourism makes up one of the largest sectors of Florida's economy, with nearly 1.4 million people employed in the tourism industry in 2016 (a record for the state, surpassing the 1.2 million employment from 2015).
(The Center Square) – A report by a nonpartisan nonprofit says Florida's citrus industry's production has dropped 90% in the last 20 years and offers solutions back to primacy. The report by ...
A decline in citrus production. Up until 2014, Florida produced almost three-quarters of the nation’s oranges, according to the Farm Bureau.. Now, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Tourism is a large portion of Florida's economy. Florida is home to the world's most visited theme park, the Magic Kingdom. [245] Florida is also home to the largest single-site employer in the United States, Walt Disney World. [246] PortMiami is the largest passenger port in the world and one of the largest cargo ports in the United States. [247]
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The first commercial mango orchard in Florida was planted in 1833. [1] Mango growing and breeding was a hobby of wealthy men in South Florida including Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. [2] As a craft beer industry developed in Florida beers which included mango began to appear. [3] In 2021 Florida was the largest producer of mangoes in the United ...