Inspiration in this region

You don’t have to look very far to find inspiration in this region.

I dropped in to see Craig and Bindi Pressler at 2PH on Selm

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a Road just south west of Emerald as they were packing limes from their orchards.

The Pressler family lost every single citrus tree from their farms in and around Emerald in 2005 to an outbreak of citrus canker. The loss of income, loss of jobs and toll on the family was immense. I was acting Mayor at the time and witnessed first hand the angst they, and the other citrus growers in the region experienced.

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