2015 Annual Grower Meeting Highlights
Keeping our grower-owners informed and up-to-date on their cooperative has and continues to be one of Blue Diamond’s priorities. As the cooperative’s first general manger said, “…the membership of the exchange must be constantly and intelligently informed of what their cooperative is doing, its methods of operating, its decisions...
Co-Ops Thrive on Principle of Partnership
In celebration and support of National Co-op Month, I wanted to share this article by California Department Food and Agriculture’s Secretary Karen Ross. In this article Secretary Ross explains the importance and value of co-ops. “Co-ops enable many small family farm operations to reach markets, direct research, and connect...
Blue Diamond’s business model is unique from most other California almond handlers and here’s why…
The Blue Diamond brand is the gold standard of quality; our 105 years of experience and unique, personal customer access position our co-op for continued market leadership. We remain the world’s largest and best seller of Nonpareil almonds with market expertise in the 93 countries which purchase our brown almonds. This...
We are happy to report…
Almond Insights is a well-read Blue Diamond post. We received hundreds of responses to the test email our agency accidentally sent on Friday. Though only a few were able to decipher the language we were happy to know Almond Insights is reaching you. We’re very sorry for any confusion...
“How Do They Do It” To Air Episode On Almonds
Did you know it takes billions of bees to produce a million tons of California almonds? See for yourself how the bees help to bring the California almond crop to life each year. “Behind the ordinary is the extraordinary.” That’s the slogan for “How Do They Do It,” a...