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Education Matters

Joel Epstein | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: McDermont Field House, Charity, Citrus, Education, Agriculture, Water, Los Angeles, Central Valley, Chelsea Piers, California, Living News
Joel Epstein

I first visited Lindsay, California about four years ago when, as my company's director of charitable giving, I was looking to make an educational investment in a local elementary school.

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Orange is Greener When It's Organic

Wendy Gordon | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Energy Efficiency, Organic Fertilizer, Organic Food, CO2 Footprint, Organic, Carbon Emissions, Co2, Carbon, Oranges, Tropicana, Orange Juice, Food Matters, Rodale Institute, Eating Matters, Climate Change, Nitrogen, Vitamin C, Citrus, Pepsico, Green News
Wendy Gordon

PepsiCo learned that it wasn't running the Tropicana factory or transporting juice containers, but the nitrogen fertilizers they used that were the primary carbon emissions culprit.

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Can You Recycle Beer Bottles With Lime Wedges Inside? (VIDEO)

Grist | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Grist, Eating Matters, Beer, Environment, Limes, Citrus, Green Beer, Can I Recycle It, Green News

Are you concerned about harming the recycling process by leaving your lime wedges in your empty beer bottles? Umbra over at Grist recently addressed t...

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Floridian Citrus Crops Spared From Deep Freeze

AP | ANTHONY MCCARTNEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oranges, South Florida, Citrus Industry, Grapefruit, Citrus, Sunshine, Flurries, Business News

Flurries fell across the Sunshine State on Thursday, but it appeared that growers were spared the deep freeze they feared would devastate the nation's...

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Chill Threatens Citrus Crops

AP | Travis Reed | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Citrus Crops, Citrus Growers, Citrus, Business News

Citrus growers across the state spent an uneasy night as a blast of bone-chilling air lingered over the East, forcing some farmers to try to save thei...

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