Nut News Select Harvest USA

After the hive of activity from the visually intense almond harvest and clouds of dust settle, the work to bring almonds to market is just beginning. We pull the curtain back and discuss the 'out of sight' happenings with Select Harvest COO Sheryl Wheeler. Come learn what it takes to make an almond.

Miles Dakin from the Pollinator Partnership joins to discuss the importance of protecting pollinators and the efforts his organization is taking to do so. One such program is Bee Friendly Farming and we'll touch on what this program means, it's impacts and how growers may already be taking steps in becoming bee friendly. It's all about bees and butterflies (...and insects, flies, moths, birds bats...); oh, and ALMONDS!

As much of the world shifts to treating Covid-19 as endemic, many people return to the office and students wrap up an in-person school year how has the upheaval of the past few years changed consumer preferences in the snacking category? VP of Retail Sales & Business Development, Bryn Garcia, joins to dive into the consumer behavior landscape as we try and make sense of the current landscape.

CEO Bob Nunes joins as we discuss the recent 2.8 billion pound subjective forecast, crop conditions, logistic issues, market movers and so much more. It's all about the current state of California Almonds.

Still young into her tenure, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance, Aubrey Bettencourt, joins NutNews to discuss the role that the Almond Alliance plays in advocating for our industry. Aubrey shares the Alliance's current focus areas and shares her vision for the future under her leadership. This is a must listen if you're curious as to how policy, regulations and politics impacts our diverse industry and what the Almond Alliance can do to help.

We continue our exploration of turning almond shells into compost. Having discussed what lead us down the compost path and the process of creating compost from waste shells, we dig into (pun intended) the most convincing reasons why we make compost: all the benefits it provides our soil and trees. Join us for the second half of the podcast all about compost.