- Pre-Harvest Checklist: Managing the Orchard Floor
- ABC Food Safety Symposiums Look at Public Perceptions, New Technologies
- Water Ways: Water Salvos
- New NRCS Air Quality Incentives Target Polluting Farm Equipment
- Budget Planning
- Don't Let Your Crews Become "Hot-Heads"
- Almonds Shine at Obesity Meeting
- First-Ever Almond Innovation Project Explores the Culinary Frontier
- Harvest Sampling Provides Valuable Feedback for Orchard's IPM Program
- 2009 Almond Forecast Announced
JULY
16 PR and Advertising Committee 10:00AM 20 International Committee 9:30AM 22 Leadership Development Committee 8:30AM 22 Almond Board of California 9:30AM
Almonds Shine at Obesity Meeting
ABC exhibited recently at the European Congress on Obesity in Amsterdam to raise awareness of the considerable nutritional and weight management benefits of almonds. Healthcare professionals had an opportunity to sign a petition at the California Almonds booth calling on food manufacturers to increase healthful ingredients in their products. Nearly 200 health professionals signed the petition, which was presented to snack manufacturers at the European Snacks Association (SnackEx) trade show in June.
ABC also sponsored a popular Satellite Symposium: Almonds – a means to achieving healthy weight management? Leading scientists Professor Arne Astrup, Professor Richard Mattes and Professor Gary Foster presented recent clinical research on the health benefits of almonds while attendees enjoyed almond appetizers.
- Farm Advisor Interns Selected
- Exhibitor/Sponsor Registration Goes Live
- Almond Referendum Overwhelmingly Approved
Field sanitation during harvest is critical to minimizing potential contamination of almonds. Workers should have ready access to toilets and fully stocked hand-washing stations at all times. California state law mandates that toilets are to be placed within 1/4 mile from the field work area. Placement of portable toilets should be done in a manner that minimizes the chance of contamination to harvested almonds.
