The DSM-IV-TR states that if a phobic stimulus, whether it be an object or a social situation, is absent entirely in an environment â a diagnosis cannot be made. An example of this situation would be an individual who has a fear of mice but lives in an area devoid of mice.
Coffee production in Hawaii. The only state in the United States of America able to grow coffee plants commercially is Hawaii. (However, it is not the only coffee grown on U.S. soil; for example, Puerto Rico has had a coffee industry for some time, although it is not a state but a U.S. territory. Ramiro L. Colon worked in the coffee industry of Puerto Rico since 1925, for example.
Coffee beans grow between 30 degrees south of the Equator and 28 degrees north of the Equator, essentially between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Coffee is grown in significant quantities in Central America, Brazil, the Caribbean, West Africa, East Africa, Yemen, Madagascar, Indonesia, Vietnam and India. The coffee plant thrives in a variety of soils, from alluvial to volcanic.