SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, D.C.  20549


                                     Form 8-K


                                   CURRENT REPORT
       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)      November 20, 2001
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                                 ALICO, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Florida                           0-261                          59-0906081
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(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission                  (IRS Employer
           of incorporation)      File Number)           Identification No.)


Post Office Box 338, La Belle, Florida                             33975
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(Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code      (863) 675-2966
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Item 5.  Other Events

   Incorporated by reference is a press release issued by the
Registrant on November 20, 2001, attached as Exhibit 01, providing
information concerning the Registrant's announcement of its disposition
of land in Lee County, Florida.


Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

( c ) Exhibit

Exhibit 01 - Press release issued November 20, 2001.




                                    SIGNATURES

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          ALICO, INC.
                                          (Registrant)



                                            /s/ W. BERNARD LESTER
November 21, 2001                         By__________________________________
__________________                          W. Bernard Lester, President
Date                                       (Signature)



EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number                           Description

01 Press release issued November 20, 2001



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:     Dick Klaas, Vice President
             Florida Real Estate Consultants, Inc.
             (941) 643-2525


        ALICO, INC./AGRI-INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.


SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (November 20, 2001) - Ben Hill Griffin III, Chairman
And Chief Executive Officer of Alico, Inc. (ALCO), announced today
that its wholly owned subsidiary, Agri-Insurance Company, Ltd.,
has completed the sale of 38 acres in Lee County, Florida.  The sales
price of the property was $2.7 million.

The sale generates a $2.5 million gain that will be recognized in the
first quarter of fiscal 2002.