To move additional retail volume, the CWC conducted retail campaigns in several key export markets during the first part of 2016. In Japan, the CWC communicated the health benefits of walnuts in addition to generating consumer awareness at the point of sale through a consumer sweepstakes campaign. A total of…

If you are a walnut grower, chances are you’ve heard of Joe Grant. He has been instrumental in developing pheromone mating disruption to control codling moth (scourge of many a walnut orchards), helping growers optimize irrigation with the aid of pressure bombs as well as the use of cover crops…

Turn back the clock to the start of the 2014 crop year. Growers wrapped up their 2013 season with production at 492,000 tons and a year of record returns. Then, along comes the “big one” – a 570,000 ton crop in the same year that China’s own crop increased 50,000…

Eating specific types of fats, such as polyunsaturated fats, may reduce the risk of premature death by 27%, according to the results of a new study from Harvard1. Walnuts are the only nut in which the fat is primarily polyunsaturated fat (13g/oz.), which includes a significant amount of alpha-linolenic acid…

New research published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that blood biomarkers of plant and seafood-based omega-3s are associated with a modestly lower risk (up to 10 percent) of dying from heart attacks1. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 19 studies to better understand how consumption of plant and seafood-based omega-3s are…

Consuming walnuts and select other whole foods as part of a healthy diet may be associated with a reduced risk of physical function impairments throughout the aging process in women. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition suggests that consuming 1-2 servings of walnuts per week (1/4 cup…