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Spanish farmers go nuts for almonds as global demand booms

Santa Cruz (Spain) (AFP) - Surging worldwide demand for almonds is pushing Spanish farmers to replace traditional wheat and sunflower fields with almond orchards, transforming the landscape in the sou... 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, but the drought in California ... “gold rush” for local farmers. An additional ingred... 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

California farms are looking greener than ever

"When you go to ag conferences you now have venture capitalists hanging around," he said. "But they find it very difficult to beat out another farmer for land, and that shows you how strong the market ... read more

Chapter 1: Industry titan Joe L. Davis Sr.

Development has eaten up hundreds of thousands of acres of groves, especially during a real estate boom ... go to juicing plants, and even though frozen concentrate has fallen out of favor with Americ... 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

Honey bee industry calls for greater forage access in conservation parks amid almond boom

The Australian honey bee industry is pushing for greater access to forage in national parks, as a growing demand for crop pollinators sparks concern about food availability. It comes amid a boom in al... read more

With almonds' rising revenues, land values soar

In recent years, farmers in California's Central Valley have seen record-high revenues, buoyed by high demand for fruits, nuts and vegetables in the ... which grows about 80 percent of the global almo... read more

California agriculture set for big changes

Everyone knows about the California Gold Rush — the massive migration of fortune seekers to the hills of the former Spanish colony in the ... value commodities reflects changes in global markets. But ... read more

California Wants to Fine You $500 for Washing Your Car With a Garden Hose

allow people to go out and waste water by washing down the driveway with ... which is price," Watson tells Reason. California's system of water rights privileges agricultural interests, while restrict... read more