MAY | JUNE 2017
Almond Facts
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CONTENTS
MAY | JUNE 2017
Features
P. 18
Clinton Shick Honored
with 2017 California
Cultivator Award
The Agricultural Council of
California honors past chairman of
the
Blue Diamond Growers
board of
directors with prestigious award.
15
Almond Oil Launched
at Global Exhibition
The Global Ingredients team
launched almond oil, which is used
as an ingredient, to the health and
beauty care market.
18
The Next Generation
Almond Farmer
Ten-year-old Joshua Wilson is the
next generation almond farmer
and set on carrying on his family’s
farming traditions.
22
President’s Corner
President and CEO Mark Jansen
shares the cooperative’s noble
purpose of ensuring the economic
viability of multi-generational farm
families in California.
6
Cover:
Next generation almond farmer Joshua Wilson
includes
Blue Diamond Almonds
with his school
science experiment.
08
REGIONAL MANAGERS
10
GROWER LIAISON
12
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
18
CORNERING THE MARKET
26
ADVOCACY REPORT
30
IN YOUR ORCHARD
38
CLASSIFIED ADS
