017 | California's War on HLB or Citrus Greening

Jen and Jenny take on California! @Plowwife is back and chatting about our trip to a citrus ranch, processing plant and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Lots of timestamps so you don't miss a word!!! 2:10 - Little green balls 3:50 - Gless Citrus Ranch 4:39 - Finger Limes, Citrus Caviar, Tequila shooters 6:27 - Farming on public land 8:00 - Citrus processing facility 9:05 - Organic mangoes 11:25 - Jen’s distraction takes over for samples 12:37 - Cattle eat grapefruit? 15:40 - Citrus’ reputation for food safety 16:45 - Jen begins to lose her mind 17:30 - Measuring sweetness of grapefruit 18:10 - The darn samples again 20:15 - Jen checks out due to Modge Podge 21:35 - The meat of the citrus industry 22:05 - ACP’s are bad guys & Citrus greening 24:00 - Brain eating wasps in Jen’s nose 25:30 - Jen flashes back to 1984 27:05 - Genetic modification isn’t an option 28:10 - Sniffing, inserting larvae, painting the the ACP 29:15 - Jen gets bleeped...twice 30:40 - Backyard Citrus Trees 31:45 - Can oranges become extinct? 33:00 - The challenge of solving backyard citrus 33:45 - Jenny saves the world by releasing wasps 35:15 - The girls talk their big takeaways 37:15 - Jen finally becomes completely paranoid about having a bug up her nose 37:50 - Girls Talk Ag 38:45 - Farm Progress Show & beware of the FRAN golf cart 41:05 - People will be running, screaming and following the FRAN golf cart at FPS