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A NEW NORMAL IMG ENTERPRISES CO-CEO TIMOTHEE SALLIN MAKES MEANINGFUL CHANGE THROUGH THE OUTSIDE COLLAB INITIATIVE
64 Pro Landscaper USA South March/April 2021
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s a young boy in Central Florida, Timothee Sallin grew up on a citrus farm. He spent his summers working in greenhouses and loading trucks to ship off his family’s produce. But he recalls bad years where devastating freezes ruined their crop and threatened their livelihood. “When you work in agriculture, you have to be resilient in order to overcome adversity,” he says. “We grew from a citrus farm to an ornamental nursery to a full-service landscape company. That diversification has allowed us to survive hurricanes, hailstorms and economic recession.” Today, IMG Enterprises owns and operates Cherrylake and IMG Citrus. The company employs 520 workers and farms over 10,000 acres. It is not only Florida’s largest producer of grapefruit, but it has also become one of the largest nurseries in the Southeast. Its ornamental business, which it operates on 1,200 acres, is among the largest in the Southeast and serves the Gulf States as well as the Mid-Atlantic.
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