Almond Living Magazine

The California Almond Community Works Hard to Safeguard Honey Bees – Our Vital Partners in Producing Almonds

Millions of the California Almond industry’s hardest working partners – honey bees – are buzzing into the orchards to pollinate billions of almond blossoms in the process to produce this year’s crop. In doing so they will feast on almond pollen, -- their honey bees’ first natural food source following winter -- and pollinating billions of almond blossoms in the process to produce this year’s crop. This The essential, age-old relationship between honey bees and almonds is the single largest managed pollination event in the world.

Whole Orchard Recycling Could Benefit Soil Quality and Provide Additional Carbon Sequestration

California almond growers are examining new ways to deal with tree biomass produced by the removal of old orchards other than cogeneration burning. While sending the biomass to cogeneration converts the wood to electricity, returning the wood back to the soil would return the nutrients and energy back to the soil ecosystem. Thus, one concept getting closer attention is whole...

Modesto Almond Farmer Banks Local Stormwater

Almond Farmer Nick BlomEast of San Francisco in the heart of the Central Valley, almond farmer Nick Blom is intentionally flooding 15 acres of almond trees in Modesto. Researchers at the University of California, Davis are working with Almond Board of California and Sustainable Conservation to test if Blom’s orchard and other almond orchards can be sites for recharging groundwater...

Handy Resources for Everything You Want to Know About the Almond Industry

Almond Board of California takes pride in having an open-door policy, which is why we have brought some of our key resources and tools together on one handy new factsheet. These resources help reporters, consumers and others learn about California almonds and show the public that our actions are in line with our intentions as we work with the California almond community to accelerate innovation in key areas and increase overall sustainability[1].

New 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Spotlight Almonds

Earlier this month, the United States Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services released the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, an essential nutrition resource. The Dietary Guidelines are updated every five years to provide Americans with more effective nutritional information and guide many of the nation?s food and nutrition programs. While the recommendations have remained relatively consistent over time, the Dietary Guidelines have evolved as scientific knowledge has grown. Most notably, this release includes a focus on the overall dietary pattern, with plant-based foods, like almonds, front and center.

Innovation and Sustainability is Second Nature For Three Generations of Bays Ranch Family

This blog post appeared first on CultivateCalifornia.com. Cultivate California is focused on building awareness about farmers' and ranchers' commitment to innovative and efficient farming practices, specifically using water efficiently to produce food and farm products. Cultivate California is supported by individuals, cooperatives, companies, and organizations that represent California farmers and ranchers. Supporters include the California Farm Bureau Federation and 30 county Farm Bureaus, Western Growers, the California Farm Water Coalition, California Farm Credit and a number of commodity organizations including Almond Board of California and cooperatives.