AeroVironment Inc. has partnered with Cal State Fresno in a year-long study to determine how imagery and analytics from drones could be used to help almond growers better manage their water use.

DARTMOUTH, NS, May 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Today, Acadian Plant Health released expanded results of its multi-year California almond water use study, demonstrating how biostimulant technologies can ...

Madera farmer Denis Prosperi examines the almond crop at his ranch. Prosperi says it doesn’t tell the whole story to say it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow a single almond. He says the unused parts ...

Leaders of California’s almond industry struck back Thursday at critics who have branded it a prime culprit in the state’s four-year drought. In a conference call with reporters, officials with the ...

Reporting from Wasco, Calif. — It’s not clear exactly when almonds became the scapegoat for the California drought. Maybe it was last August, when the Atlantic posted “The Dark Side of Almond Use,” ...

WEBVTT A FINAL DECISION EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON FROM THE RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD. EDIE: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FARMERS ARE HAVING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIKE THE CROPS THEY ARE ...

Almond milk, the ever-popular soy-free, dairy-free, vegan-friendly milk substitute now found everywhere from hip restaurants to Starbucks coffee shops, is ruining the world. To make almond milk, ...

Asia’s love of nuts is draining California dry. Amid one of the worst droughts in the state’s history, farmers are scrambling to find enough water to irrigate lucrative almond trees they planted after ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Almonds are a precious foodstuff: a crunchy jolt of complete protein, healthful fats, ...