Limoneira Global Internship Program

Creating cross border exchange and learning is the purpose of Limoneira's Global Internship Program. Micha Kaufman, a contributing writer to Forbes magazine has said that the internet is bringing a revolution along with it. Access to information combined with global supply and demand is reshaping established conventions and destroying old world definitions. Today's global students have been trained on the instantaneous, and they borrow and adapt with abandon. Limoneira taps into this wealth of knowledge and offers student real world marketing experience.

Sungsoo Pyo - Latest Edition to Limoneira's Global Intern Network

Sungsoo Pyo is studying at Sogang University, one of the leading research and liberal arts universities of South Korea. He has had previous internships with Cheil Worldwide (a marketing solutions company under the Samsung Group), where he suggested ideas for a new concept of advertising for Samsung mobile. He also assisted with magazine journalists and photographers and worked for one of Korea's most important design magazines. Sungsoo also studied at New York University and the University of London. He hopes one day to have his own magazine. With his skill, enthusiasm and dedication, we fully expect him to give Rupert Murdoch a run for his money.

Sungsoo wants to let everyone know that he loves beer with lemon!

As part of Limoneira's UNLEASH THE NATURAL POWER OF LEMONS campaign, we discuss the versatility of lemons in a number of categories (recipes, green cleaning, beauty, lifestyle and nutrition) and link with experts/opinion leaders in these areas. This month we highlight two of these professionals that are based in Asia.

 

Antonio Lai

 

Hong Kong native Antonio Lai has traveled the globe to work as a bartender, cadging knowledge and techniques along the way before returning home as the inspiration and co-owner of Quinary, Origin, and The Envoy, three cocktail lounges in the expensive and prestigious Mid-Levels residential area. Lai has worked in Beijing, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Germany, London and Paris.

 

At Quinary, the focus is in classic cocktails balanced with some interesting molecular concoctions. For example, the Earl Grey Caviar Martini, one of their most popular drinks, uses a gastronomy method with caviar and air. Lai's Origin cocktail lounge is a creative hybridization of "original" and "gin" and the focus is on concoctions with distilled gin infused with great Asian influences such as shiso, lemongrass, cucumber coriander, grapefruit and more. The Envoy, Lai's latest venture, has a cocktail menu focusing on tea and its shipment around the world by the Dutch, Portuguese and British in the 19th century ( www.quinary.hk, www.originbar.hk )

 

Minsoo Go

 

Minsoo Go is a fitness specialist based in Seoul Korea. She has written for HiDoc, one of the largest medical source web page and Monsterzym, one of Korea's most popular fitness forum sites. She notes that as a young girl, the only expectation of her was to study and says that young people in Korea are not taught that physical activity helps keep one's mind healthy. Minsoo has been sharing her personal story with others to raise people's awareness that it's important to lead a healthy and balanced life. She began getting serious about fitness when she was in college studying at the University of Texas at Arlington (she went on to obtain her MBA from Texas State University). She became a fitness instructor and began teaching various group exercise classes such as Zumba, yoga, Kickboxing and weight training. She has also competed in fitness modeling competitions and been very successful (www.linkedin.com/in/minsoogo)

Limoneira Sponsors Ventura County Memories Book

The Ventura County Star has partnered with the Museum of Ventura County and the Star's readers on a new hardcover pictorial history book, "Ventura County Memories". Limoneira is a sponsor of the book which offers a glimpse of our historic region from the early years to 1939 through the newspaper's front pages and stunning historic photos from the archives of the museum The book also includes photographic memories of years gone by from the paper's readers.

Water and Lemons - Your Fat Fighting Friends

It's a little known fat-fighting fact: People often think they are hungry when they are really thirsty. So it makes sense to stay hydrated. Drinking water also helps you feel full. Starting your meal with a broth-based soup or a veggie-filled salad (veggies have a high water content) will help you eat less of your main course. Data has demonstrated that people who drank two cups of water before eating lost more weight than those who didn't and a study from German researchers found both men's and women's metabolic rate surged 30 percent after drinking about 17 ounces of water. Over a year's time, that could add up to a five-pound weight loss. So add some lemon to flavor your water and drink up!

SEEAG and VC Farm Day

Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture [SEE AG] helps kids understand the true origins of their food. Even with Ventura County's rich agricultural heritage, children don't make the connection between the acres of farmland around them to the food on their table. This education program helps make that connection. Providing kids with field trips to local farms brings the message home even further.

The mission of SEE AG is to increase the understanding of the food journey from field to consumption and to connect school children to farmland and gardens in their own backyard. The program teaches kids why they need to care about plants, gardens and agriculture and is inspiring the next generation to become future agricultural managers and stewards of the land. Limoneira is a proud SEE AG sponsor. On Saturday, September 27, SEE AG will hold the organizations second Ventura County Farm Day, with tours, activities and an end of day zero-waste BBQ (www.seeag.org)

Moonlight at the Ranch - Polynesian Paradise

On September 20th, this annual favorite to benefit Santa Paula's Police and Fire Foundation returns. Transcend your inner Tiki with tastings from a wide array of Ventura Counties favorite restaurants and musical mayhem under the stars. For tickets and more information, please visit www.moonlightattheranch.com

Limoneira Winner's Block