Citrus

I envisioned the time when I lived in Citrus County, Florida and my neighbor had a orange tree in his back yard. The strong citrus smell brought back memories of when I would walk to my bus stop with my friends. It was always inviting to go outside and smell a fresh sent of oranges throughout the day. The color of my orange reminded me of looking out my bedroom window at the citrus tree and seeing the oranges glow from behind the greenery of the tree. I remembered

implementing learning communities at the community college level can be the change that is needed for the success of these students. In order to execute this change, an understanding needs to be developed for the needs of the organization, in this case Citrus Community College in Glendora, California. The resources need to be identified, including the

Xylella fastidiosa was found destroying olive trees in Spain last year and most recently was found in almond orchards in Andalusia. Xylella fastidiosa causes the infected plant to dry out and look as if they had been burned, leading this pathogen to be known as the “olive tree leprosy” and the “Ebola of olive trees.” Xylella fastidiosa was first found in Italy in 2013 and last year officials destroyed over 1 million olive trees in an attempt to stop the bacteria from spreading. Spain is known to

Brominated vegetable oil is a common substance found in many citrus soda drinks such as Mountain Dew, Powerade, Fanta orange, Squirt, and Sunkist. BVO, short for brominated vegetable oil, is used to prevent the citrus flavoring from separating from the rest of the soda. Though it is found in almost 10 percent of american soft drinks it can have bad affects on the human body. The bromine in this oil can build up in the body and can cause reduced fertility, birth defects, skin rashes, severe acne,

Aussie oranges and mandarins’ major export markets include China, Singapore, Malaysia, United Stated, and Middle East. In Microeconomics, supply defined as the willingness and ability of sellers to offer. According to my research, Australia total citrus exports has increased 7.4% from 2015 to 2016 which means the overall supply of Aussie Oranges and Mandarins increased as well. Determinants of Supply of Aussie Oranges and Mandarins (What leads supply curve shifted) ------------- Number of sellers-------------

Over the past several years, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office has seen a drastic increase in crystal methamphetamine use coupled with a significant decrease in effective confidential informants. The recent trend in methamphetamine use seems to be shifting towards a form of the drug that is smuggled from Mexico, as opposed to traditional homemade manufactured methamphetamine. Combating the methamphetamine trend has remained a top priority for the sheriff’s office, however effective narcotics investigations

Method Participants Two techniques were used in collecting participants for the sample of the study. The first technique involved getting the approval of a Citrus Professor and administering surveys to students in their class after the lecture was completed. Before dispensing the surveys, students were instructed by the researchers to thoroughly, read over the consent form. In addition to this technique, researchers approach random students on campus and ask if they will be willing to take a short

In the late summer of 2004 I started kindergarten a total of four different times. My hometown, Orlando, Florida, was struck by category four hurricane Charley category two hurricane Frances, and category four hurricane Jean in a span of only six weeks¹. At five years old, I had no concept that this was an unusually large number of hurricanes to be hitting central Florida, let alone the fact that the intensity and number of these storms was likely exacerbated by climate change. I come from a family

The results show that HCl had the highest decay rate. Distilled water increase in mass and orange juice showed the least amount of decay. Comparing the two sodas together the darker soda, coke, was the worse compared to the lighter soda, citrus twist. The monster energy drink was found to be the most harmful for your teeth, being a drink unlike HCl which is not a something at you can drink. HCl is not something you can drink it was used as an extreme for the tooth to show the decay rate. Distilled

Orange grove farmers like Ricke Kress, face a huge dilemma due to the Citrus Green Disease. Orange farmers must make a choice to incorporate to GMO orange plants, and face judgement from consumers or suffer from the losing game of the citrus green disease plaguing their orange farms. This is due to consumer’s lack of understanding of what GMO is and how it can be beneficial to the consumers, farmers and the environment. Below we list the strengths GMO produce like GMO oranges can bring to the consumers