Inside a USDA research building near Berkeley, California, research leader Bill Orts holds up a mottled-looking black plate. It’s “really ugly,” he says. But the rough prototype is the first of its ...

Going zero or low waste is an essential step in the pursuit of reducing harm to the environment and slowing climate change. From composting to lessening single-use products, cutting waste has gained ...

Mostly a large waste stream to almond growers, almond shells and hulls turn out to have many commercial potentials, as mentioned in the article “Can Chemists Turn California’s Almond Trash into ...

The Almond Board of California and UC Davis have teamed up again. This time the cause is soil fumigation. After an orchard has passed its productive life, the trees must be taken out. Prior to ...

The time may have finally come to pay proper respect to the humble almond hull. In times past, the nut’s dry and somewhat bitter exterior was simply burned in the open, though these days it serves as ...

USDA is modifying the federal marketing order for California almonds in part to help the industry build new markets. A final rule that will take effect June 6 changes the definitions for “almonds: and ...

A new plant in Merced is turning some of California’s huge supply of almond shells into an especially rich fertilizer. Corigin Solutions hopes to counter climate change with this use of a nut ...