Almond Living Magazine

What is #AlmondSustainability?

Did you know one serving of almonds is 23 kernels? To celebrate our community’s responsible farming practices, we’re sharing 23 bite-size pieces of information about growing almonds sustainably. 1 Follow along here, and through #almondsustainability on social media, as we highlight topics across the Almond Board of California’s (ABC) sustainability ecosystem ! Kernel 23: Unconventional Alliances for Sustainable Solutions Through...

Employee Q&A: Danielle Veenstra of our Sustainable Farming Communications Team

In our new ABC Q&A series, we bring you brief interviews with some of the minds driving innovation at the Almond Board of California. We speak to a wide variety of folks who work here at the Almond Board, exploring topics from research to conservation to favorite almond recipes. We kick off the series this week by talking to Danielle...

Researcher Works to Mimic Nature with Tree Recycling

Almond Board of California is celebrating its community by running occasional features on farmers, processors, and others who support the industry, highlighting their commitment to sustainability. 1 As equipment rumbled, a group of California Almond farmers stood in an orchard in the San Joaquin Valley community of Manteca and listened to Dr. Brent Holtz as he described results of his...

From the Orchard: Making Every Drop Count

For many almond farmers, a regular orchard task is irrigation system maintenance. That’s a fancy way of saying that, just like you might keep an eye on your backyard sprinklers to ensure they’re working well, almond farmers closely monitor the functionality of each irrigation dripper or sprinkler throughout the trees’ growing season. Depending on weather conditions and location, almond trees...

Family Matters: How Research and Hard Work Brought this Family Farm into the 21st Century

Almond Board of California is celebrating its community by running occasional features on farmers, processors, and others who support the industry, highlighting their commitment to sustainability. 1 It was 1919 when Matt Visser’s great-grandfather purchased the property where Visser Family Farms sits today and 1963 when his grandfather planted the farm’s first almond orchards. Since then, the Vissers have learned...

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Bob Curtis Talks Commitment to Bee Health

Bob Curtis, director of agricultural affairs for the Almond Board of California (ABC), was on Food Navigator USA’s Soup-To-Nuts podcast with Elizabeth Crawford to discuss honey bee health and the precautions the California Almond community takes to ensure that bees are happy, healthy, and safe while they are in our orchards. A few of the almond community’s initiatives to help...