Farm Progress

Targeted research areas include a triple focus - irrigation efficiency, honeybee health, and air quality.

Cary Blake 1, Editor

February 17, 2017

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Almonds on tree.

The Almond Board of California (ABC) will invest $4.7 million to develop next generation farming and sustainability practices designed to benefit the nut industry and consumers.

Gabriele Ludwig, ABC’s director of sustainability and environmental affairs, says the commitment “helps ensure that almond farmers and the industry as a whole have the tools to implement sustainable production practices that result in a plentiful, nutritious and safe food product for consumers the world over to enjoy.”

ABC’s financial investment will fund 82 independent, third-party research projects.

Additional funds for the projects will come from the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s 2016 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, and the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program.

Targeted research areas will include a triple focus - irrigation efficiency, honeybee health, and air quality.

Almond Board Chief Executive Officer Richard Waycott says, “By continually investing in research, we challenge ourselves to do more and continue to pave the way for almonds to be an economically, environmentally, and social responsible crop for California.”

About the Author(s)

Cary Blake 1

Editor, Western Farm Press

Cary Blake, associate editor with Western Farm Press, has 32 years experience as an agricultural journalist. Blake covered Midwest agriculture for 25 years on a statewide farm radio network and through television stories that blanketed the nation.
 
Blake traveled West in 2003. Today he reports on production agriculture in California and Arizona.
 
Blake is a native Mississippian, graduate of Mississippi State University, and a former Christmas tree grower.

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