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Why Almonds are a Perfect Exercise Food to Keep You Prime

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Growing Almonds is Close to Carbon Neutral

Last month the University of California, Davis released new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) research demonstrating that reusing co-products from producing and harvesting almonds is key to the industry's environmental impact and further reducing carbon emissions. The research, funded in part by a grant from the Almond Board of California, shows that almond trees accumulate and store significant amounts of carbon...

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Almonds are Unique in Many Ways, Except One: the Amount of Water They Use

California’s Mediterranean climate makes it the ideal growing region for a diversity of crops – fruits, nuts, vegetables, and more – many of which aren’t grown anywhere else in the United States. According to the USDA, California produces 99% of the nation’s almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, raisins, kiwifruit, olives, cling peaches, pistachios, dried plums, pomegranates, sweet rice, and walnuts. These...

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From the Orchard: Ray Henriques on the Best Part of the Almond Industry

For Ray Henriques, farming is about people, not crops. Henriques, general manager of Stewart and Jasper Orchards, believes the people he gets to interact with daily are the best part of the job.

Almond Orchard Sustainability Lifecycle Study Highlights Greenhouse Gas Benefits, Provides Baseline for Future Goals

The prestigious Journal of Industrial Ecology just published the most exhaustive almond orchard lifecycle assessment to date by UC Davis researchers, highlighting greenhouse gas benefits and providing a baseline for future industry sustainability1 achievements.

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Almond Industry Updates Policy Makers on Drought, Sustainability

California Almond growers, processors and Almond Board of California (ABC) staff visited Washington, DC this past week to participate in the U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council (USAEDC) conference and update government agencies on issues facing the almond industry.

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Almond Board at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food Expo is the largest food ingredients show in the world. Here food industry folks from around the globe come to discover ingredients and food trends and solve product development challenges.