NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
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Almond Facts
JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2016
New
Agriculture
Education
Campaign-
Cultivate
California
Cultivate California is a recently
launched public education campaign
focused on shifting the conversation
and perception surrounding California
Agriculture’s water use. This program,
supported in part by
Blue Diamond
,
the Almond Board of California,
California Farm Bureau and more, will
demonstrate how California farmers and
ranchers use smart, innovative, water-
efficient and sustainable practices to
grow the healthy food our country, and
the world, relies on.
The campaign targets consumers in
non-growing regions of California,
who may not be familiar with the
state’s agriculture sector. By building
awareness, debunking myths and telling
real-life farmer and rancher stories,
Cultivate California aims to show
the value and necessity of sustaining
agriculture within California. To find
out how you can participate in Cultivate
California or for more information,
visit
or follow via
Twitter @CultivateCA and Instagram
@CultivateCA using #CAonMyPlate.
Afghanistan Officials Tour
Blue Diamond
Turlock Facility
In a tour hosted by Turlock City Mayor Gary Soiseth, UC Davis and the Modesto Irrigation District (MID), Afghanistan
government and business officials visited
Blue Diamond’s
Turlock facility in early December. The trip’s objective was to
show the visitors California’s farming, irrigation and manufacturing methods of agricultural products, all geared toward
helping Afghanistan grow and develop their agricultural skills and infrastructure, and water management. The group of 12
observed the manufacturing process for
Blue Diamond
almonds, and more specifically, the end product. The Afghan officials
were very impressed by California’s capability and with the cooperative’s business model and state of the art facility.
