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Why Almonds are a Perfect Exercise Food to Keep You Prime

Growing Good
Biosolari-Say What?! New Research Combines Hulls, Shells, and Soil Health

The California Almond community is always innovating. At the 2017 Almond Conference, attendees got a preview of a new approach under investigation to control soil pests, improve soil health, and reuse almond coproducts. Almonds grow inside a shell, surrounded by a fuzzy outer hull – both of which are known as coproducts. Christopher Simmons, PhD, researcher at UC Davis, and...

Growing Good
Dormant Trees, Busy Farmers

It’s winter time and harvest is over, but the work for California Almond farmers isn’t done. Like many other types of trees, almond orchards lose their leaves during winter and rest, a time known as dormancy. Once the leaves have fallen from the branches, some farmers find that not all of the nuts were removed at harvest. After gauging the...

Events, Growing Good
Almond Board’s Sustainability Program Showcased at 2017 Sustainable Agriculture Summit

Almond Board of California’s (ABC) development and implementation of the California Almond Sustainability Program (CASP) was highlighted at the third annual Sustainable Agriculture Summit in November. At a session titled “Gaining Ground in Specialty Crop Sustainability Initiatives: Data-Driven Success Stories on Participating Engagement,” Spencer Cooper, ABC senior manager of irrigation and water efficiency, spoke about the program’s focus on education...

Growing Good
Smart and Sustainable: Preserving California’s Water Resources for Generations to Come

When California Governor Jerry Brown declared the state’s historic five-year drought over in April 2017, he made official what to most Californians had been all but obvious since the skies opened up late the prior year. For in addition to the 90 inches of rain and snow that fell in the California Sierra Nevada’s, the swelling reservoirs, urban flooding and...

Events, Growing Good
Leadership Class Brings California Almond Art to Children’s Hospital

Almond orchards are beautifully active: bees zip through blooms in February, fuzzy green hulls emerge in late spring, sunsets beam through branches during harvest and trees hibernate in winter’s chill. Yet, the activity in almond orchards pales in comparison to the energy and life of young children, particularly those the Almond Leadership Program visited earlier this fall. On October 5...

Growing Good
Growing Good: Documenting Almonds’ Heritage of Sustainability

This week at the 45th annual Almond Conference, Almond Board of California (ABC) released the first annual almond sustainability publication, entitled Growing Good. This new publication highlights almond farmers’ and processors’ commitment to sustainability1 and continuous improvement, while shining a spotlight on key Almond Board programming supporting those goals. “Almond farmers’ growing practices and processors’ handling practices are rooted in...