A select group of industry chefs and foodservice media members were invited to join us in September for the 2018 California walnut harvest and the first annual Camp Walnut event. This one-of-a-kind educational chef experience was fashioned to replicate a traditional overnight summer camp that allowed the group to learn…

[California Walnut Board Online Newsletter, Submitted October 2018] Emily J. Symmes, PhD Sacramento Valley Area IPM Advisor University of California Statewide IPM Program and Cooperative Extension A local walnut grower phoned me during the first week of September 2018 with the following question, “We’re catching what seems to be a…

All the noise in the grocery business right now is about new delivery systems, meal kits and online ordering. In reality, the brick and mortar stores are still where the action is. Only 16% of consumers order groceries online, and according to eMarketer Retail, that number has actually declined for…

Carbohydrates – starch and sugars – provide walnut trees with energy for growth, defense, flowering and ultimately yield. As such, they can be considered as “currency”. Seen in this way, sugars are the “cash” that flow around the tree paying for services like growth, defense, and nut production. Starch can…

Articles in this issue include Tariff Update and U.S. Mitigation Measures; Letter from the Chair; Chlorpyrifos, Funding to Replace Older Ag Equipment, Walnut Short Course, and more.

An updated systematic review from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health examines 25 years of evidence for the role of walnut consumption on cardiovascular risk factors, including cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, and weight.1 The original meta-analysis, “Effects of walnut consumption on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors:…