Spanish Farmers Go Nuts For Almonds As Global Demand Booms

Spanish farmers go nuts for almonds as global demand booms

Surging worldwide demand for almonds is pushing Spanish farmers to replace traditional wheat and sunflower fields with almond orchards, transforming the landscape in the south of the country. Almonds, ... read more

Almonds ‘Gold Rush’ Under Threat in California

Almond tree farmers have seen a boom time in sales as the health benefits of almonds see worldwide demand soaring ... they are the “On the go essential snack.” Retailers have also encouraged sales by ... read more

Have You Eaten Your Last Avocado?

Global demand for avocados has never been ... inspired by a newfound love of the fruit and news of a boom so lucrative that investment-fund managers started buying up avocado groves. The avocado farme... read more

Sticky fingers: The rise of the bee thieves

Farmers ... almonds. Thanks to global demand, particularly from Asia, the nut has taken over Central Valley, nearly doubling its hectarage to 370,000 since 2005. California produces more than 80 per c... read more

Pesticide Free but Pricey: Are Organic Foods an "Environmental Market"?

This concept of market pull is what is so intriguing to ecologists scrutinizing the recent boom in consumer demand for organic foods ... ecologists and concerned farmers into that of trendsetters, hea... read more

Episode 4: COFFEE

Aaron’s job is to navigate the byzantine world of coffee trading, all in service to the ever growing demand for high-end coffee ... from the farm through the system of global trade. Now we’re going to ... read more

What America’s nutty demand for almonds is doing to California

Now they’re pulling the grapes to put in more almonds — raisins, he explains, aren’t a very well-marketed crop, so it’s harder to make a profit. And with that, he excuses himself to go manage ... on t... read more