Mark Collins has run Evergreen Wholesale, a 230-acre plant nursery in San Diego, for over 40 years. But this year, he almost had to shut it down after employees from the state agriculture department destroyed more than 32,000 of his citrus plants because of an anti-pest regulation.
Collins is now suing California's Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in federal court, claiming the state cost him up to $3 million in damages.
