MARCH | APRIL 2016
Almond Facts
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CONTENTS
MARCH | APRIL 2016
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FIELD SUPERVISORS
12
GROWER LIAISON
14
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
32
THE BEE BOX
38
TIME TO CONSIDER
42
CLASSIFIED ADS
Features
P. 10
Plant Projects
The
Blue Diamond
board gained
insight into Sacramento Plant
Operations with an in-depth tour,
highlighting new projects that have
increased processing capabilities
and improved existing technologies.
10
MASTERS Program
The inaugural MASTERS Program
kicked off in January, offering
40 interested growers valuable
insight into
Blue Diamond
and
the almond industry.
28
Young Grower
Patterson area cooperative grower
Daniel Bays is an advocate for
agriculture and has grown into an
almond industry spokesman eager
to spread the facts about how food
is grown.
36
USA Volleyball
USA Volleyball and
Blue Diamond
Almond Breeze
have partnered
for the 2016 Summer Olympic
Games, making
Almond Breeze
the
organization’s official almondmilk.
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Cover Photo:
Blue Diamond’s
Board of Directors tours
the Sacramento Manufacturing Plant to
view recent upgrades and technological
improvement projects.
