In the recent few weeks, there has been some good news for walnut farmers as far as water is concerned. First, President Trump signed the America’s Water Infrastructure Act, a comprehensive legislation aimed at, among other things, diverting more water to Central Valley farmers. This bill should speed up the…

Fall is here and pumpkin spice is in the air (and just about every food you can think of, too). The staff at the California Walnut Board is mindful of the current market conditions and have modified some domestic marketing activities to create demand earlier in the crop year. Following…

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…