{"id":4142,"date":"2014-09-24T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\/?post_type=fdoc-news-item&amp;p=379"},"modified":"2014-09-24T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T20:00:07","slug":"in-the-news-captain-citrus-debuts","status":"publish","type":"fdoc-news-item","link":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/fdoc-news-item\/in-the-news-captain-citrus-debuts\/","title":{"rendered":"In the news: Captain Citrus debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/newsroom\/news\/florida-citrus-unveils-americas-newest-hero\/\">debut<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/captain-citrus\/\">Captain Citrus<\/a>\u00a0last week, news of him spread across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights include a story by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/09\/21\/349843712\/marvels-new-hero-wants-to-save-the-world-and-the-citrus-industry\">NPR<\/a>\u00a0reporter Greg Allen on the partnership with Marvel and an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/capt-citrus-face-florida-oj-makeover-25534668\">Associated Press<\/a> story by Tamara Lush that detailed the superhero\u2019s redesign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stories appeared on the front page of\u00a0several Florida publications, including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/article\/20140916\/NEWS\/140919388\/?Title=Captain-Citrus-The-Face-of-Florida-OJ-Gets-A-Super-Hero-Makeover\">The Ledger<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/business\/agriculture\/roly-poly-no-more-muscled-captain-citrus-unveiled-to-boost-oj-sales\/2197927\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a>, as well as on\u00a0the evening news of television stations\u00a0statewide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the country, Captain Citrus appeared on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agweb.com\/usfr\/\">U.S. Farm Report<\/a>, which airs Saturday mornings in dozens of cities. Even those living as far from Florida as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dublinnews.com\/index.php\/sid\/225935533\/scat\/b8de8e630faf3631\">Ireland<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/wirtschaft\/unternehmen\/marvel-superheld-captain-citrus-soll-orangensaft-aus-usa-retten-a-992469.html\">Germany\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesydneynews.net\/index.php\/sid\/225778967\/scat\/c08dd24cec417021\">Australia<\/a>\u00a0heard about Captain Citrus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See what all the fuss is about at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/captain-citrus\/\">CaptainCitrus.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the\u00a0debut\u00a0of\u00a0Captain Citrus\u00a0last week, news of him spread across the globe. Highlights include a story by\u00a0NPR\u00a0reporter Greg Allen on the partnership with Marvel and an\u00a0Associated Press story by Tamara Lush [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","fdoc_news_item_category":[80],"fdoc_citrus_type":[110,111,107,112,109],"fdoc_health_category":[],"class_list":["post-4142","fdoc-news-item","type-fdoc-news-item","status-publish","hentry","fdoc_news_item_category-fdoc","fdoc_citrus_type-grapefruit","fdoc_citrus_type-grapefruit-juice","fdoc_citrus_type-orange","fdoc_citrus_type-tangelo","fdoc_citrus_type-tangerine"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item\/4142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fdoc-news-item"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fdoc_news_item_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_news_item_category?post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_citrus_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_citrus_type?post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_health_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_health_category?post=4142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}