Blossom Is Back On Citrus

Citrus is Polk County's past. Much of the value of Polk was built upon citrus groves - and the picking and packing and processing that went with it.

In recent times, freezes, canker and greening - not to mention the side effects of hurricanes - have done their best to make this an agribusiness whose time has passed us by.

Grilling Citrus from The Food Network

FLORIDA CITRUS INDUSTRY CONTINUES ITS COMEBACK

BARTOW --
The Florida citrus industry is on the rebound after taking a hard hit from devastating hurricanes and diseases.

In the citrus crop forecast for the 2007-2008 season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated Florida growers will produce 168 million boxes of oranges, up 30 percent from last year's 129 million boxes.

Citrus production forecast to increase

ARCADIA -- The orange crop forecast is in, and experts think it may be 30 percent higher than last year's totals.

Wrinkle-Proof Your Skin With Vitamin C?

(WebMD) An orange a day may keep the wrinkles away.

In one of the first studies to examine the impact of nutrients from foods rather than supplements on skin aging, researchers reported that people who ate plenty of vitamin C-rich foods had fewer wrinkles than people whose diets contained little of the vitamin.

Old Florida ranching family faces New Florida challenges

The Seminole Indians are their neighbors to the south, and cowboys still herd the 1,200 Brangus cattle that roam their property.

That much hasn't changed since the 1930s, when the late J.W. McDaniel founded a family dynasty on an isolated 6-square-mile ranch in southeastern Hendry County.