Almond Living Magazine

Farmers are Doing the Mummy Shake to Prepare for Next Year’s Almond Crop

Halloween may be long gone, but mummies could be lurking in almond orchards – mummy nuts, that is! Mummy nuts are what almond farmers call the nuts that remain on the trees after harvest. The normally fuzzy, green outer hull darkens and the kernel remaining inside becomes a desirable food source for certain orchard pests. To prevent and manage these...

California Almond Community Raises Nearly $15,000 for California FFA Foundation

As harvest wrapped up this year, the California Almond Leadership program held its inaugural golf tournament fundraiser. Eighty-eight growers, handlers, and almond community members from throughout the Central Valley assembled at Dragonfly Golf Club in Madera, California to golf and raise funds for the California FFA (Future Farmers of America) Foundation. These funds are awarded to high school students participating...

The Sights and Sounds of #AlmondHarvest 2018

Throughout this year’s almond harvest, our farmers and community have been posting on social media to take you behind the scenes to see the work being done to bring your favorite nut from orchard to table! Take a look… Almond Harvest is underway across the San Joaquin Valley. @almondalliance @almondgirljenny @JSSAlmonds pic.twitter.com/nHHH71Pu4Z — California Ag Today (@CalAgToday) August 9, 2018...

National Farmer’s Day: Celebrating California’s Almond Farmers

Today is National Farmer’s Day – a time to honor and thank farmers for all of their hard work year round growing the healthy, delicious foods we need and love! This day is celebrated in October at the end of harvest season, when farmers can measure their success for the year and send their bounty to market for enjoyment by...

Good for You, Good for California

California is uniquely suited to growing almonds, and its farmers produce 80% of the world’s supply, supporting healthy, diverse diets – full of protein, fiber, and good fat – across the globe. While good for you, almonds are also good for California. Farming almonds creates jobs and strengthens the state’s economy. Almond farmers and processors are part of the fabric...

From Orchard to Table: The California Almond Harvest Story

It’s the most wonderful – and the busiest – time of the year for the California Almond community! In a short window of time – mid-August to October – 80% of the world’s almonds are shook from the trees, swept into rows, picked up, and processed. After that, they’re ready for enjoyment by almond lovers around the world, supporting healthy...