Six months ago, a California consumer filed a class action lawsuit against Blue Diamond Growers alleging almondmilk is falsely advertised as nutritionally equivalent to dairy milk. I am pleased to […]
Who could have predicted California’s historic drought would turn to record breaking rainfall and snowpack? At the height of the drought our industry fell under intense scrutiny and it was […]
I wanted to share two partnerships initiated by the Almond Board of California (ABC) that I think will benefit Blue Diamond’s growers and the rest of the almond industry. These […]
The NASS Objective Estimate for the California almond crop was issued yesterday, projecting a 2015 crop of 1.8 billion pounds. Based on 890,000 bearing acres (up 2.3 percent from last […]
Last week, growers in each of Blue Diamond’s 9 districts shared with me their outlook on their crop. After these visits, I was predicting a crop in the trees of […]
Did you know that the 184 million lbs. of California almonds shipped in November is the fifth largest monthly shipment total in the history of the California industry? It’s simply […]
In the world of confections, the marriage of chocolate and almonds is a near perfect union. A recent global survey reports that almonds are listed by consumers as a top […]
Consumers are snacking more and their love for almonds remains strong. Technomic, a leading fact-based consulting and research firm serving the food industry, recently noted, “consumers are snacking at least […]