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Almond Demand Grows as Snacking Occasions Get Healthier

The following article appeared in FlexNews online on June 2nd. FEATURE: Almond Demand Grows as Snacking Occasions Get Healthier 2 June 2014 – Despite  the… [Read More]

June 2nd, 2014

2014 California Almond Market Forecast

by: Bill Morecraft  General Manager Blue Diamond Almonds Global Ingredients Division Today NASS reported the Subjective Estimate for the 2014 crop is 1.95 billion pounds. … [Read More]

May 2nd, 2014

Lack of Water Still Impacting California’s Almond Growers

May 1, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — State water managers were expecting more bad news Thursday as they take the season’s last measurement of the… [Read More]

May 1st, 2014

Blue Diamond Growers Wins “Outstanding Commodity Ingredients” Recognition in the Whole Foods Market® 2014 Supplier Awards

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 28, 2014) – Whole Foods Market last week named Blue Diamond Growers the winner of its “Outstanding Commodity Ingredients” in the grocer’s… [Read More]

April 28th, 2014

Insights From Blue Diamond Regarding the California Water Situation and the Almond Crop

  Current insights from Blue Diamond regarding the California Water Issues as they pertain to the 2014 Almond Crop Currently, water is the number one… [Read More]

January 31st, 2014

Longevity in a nutshell

The following article appeared in the Boston Globe on December 31, 2013   By Valerie Ryan GLOBE CORRESPONDENT DECEMBER 31, 2013 WATERTOWN — Business is… [Read More]

January 7th, 2014