…to our own well-being.” Crops that need help from pollinators include coffee, apples, cacao, cotton, mangoes and almonds, to name just a few. We’re also talking big business: “The annual…
Almond Board: Upcoming Workshops
…From the Almond Board, at almonds.com: Save the date for a weed identification and management workshop near you: May 10 – Arbuckle (Nickels Soil Lab, Green Bay Road) May 11…
ABC Expands Elementary Educational Program
…activity book, which insert the teaching of agriculture — specifically almonds — into the classroom. “California is the number one agricultural-producing state, with 80% of the world’s almonds grown here,”…
New Cost Studies for Growing Almonds
UC releases new cost studies for growing almonds UC Agricultural Issues Center has released three new studies on the cost and returns of growing almonds in the Sacramento and San…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…nutrient-dense almonds. At the same time, there are concerns about competition for limited resources in California, raising questions such as: What has this tree inrease replaced? What are the implications…
Slightly Higher Acres Removed in Almond Report
…the previous high prices for almonds. Prices have dropped significantly however, and producers are taking those trees out of production. Doll says the other factor is water scarcity and price….
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
…growers is unlikely to ever attain 100 percent completeness. ·It is difficult for USDA, NASS to detect growers that are planting almonds for the first time. The detailed data reflects…
Meals for Kids
…standards by October 1, 2017. Regulations Child and Adult Care Food Program: Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Final Rule One-Page Summaries of the…
Smithsonian – “Ask a Farmer”
…Bays, Bays Ranch • Westley CA 2:00 pm; Coulter Performance Plaza Daniel is a fifth-generation farmer working with his father and grandfather in Westley, CA. Their farm grows apricots, almonds,…
Teenagers Access to Healthy Snacks
University of Kentucky Researcher Alison Gustafson wants to help teenagers change their snacking habits one swipe, click and pic at a time. Cathy Isom looks into how we can turn…
Agri View: Pistachio Status
…and weighs about 0.7-1 gm. Health benefits of Pistachios Pistachios are delicious tree nuts recognized for their wholesome nutrition properties. Together with walnuts, almonds, and cashew, they offer good sources…
Save the Bees
Without bees there would be no berries, fruits, vegetables, almonds and other tree nuts. Cathy Isom tells us about the new project underway aimed at saving bees and other pollinators….
Almond Board and Ag in the Classroom
…unit, titled California Almonds: An Almond Story, is made up of five separate lessons. And the objective is to help foster an appreciation for agriculture, specifically almonds and to increase…
Spring Fruit Blossoms
…flower buds, all on one page. Picture Table of Fruit Freeze Damage Thresholds includes the same information and includes pictures. This table is three pages long. Read the full article….