"Elian."
He went inside. The shelves were still stocked with cartons produced months ago, from the harvest before the freeze. They didn't know that next year's juice would cost double. They didn't know the financial blood that had been spilled over their breakfast tables.
The first reports came in from the ground. A farmer in Frostproof, Florida, posted a video on social media. Ice crystals forming on the Valencia oranges. The leaves turning black.