Almond growers expect another record crop (Modesto Bee) bi2041864 Almond growers are for another record-breaking season, according to a federal government projection released Monday Modesto

Record almond crop predicted (East Bay Business Times) bi2041864 Government statisticians predict a record California almond crop of 1.5 billion pounds year

Almond growers expect another record crop (Modesto Bee) bi2041864 Almond growers are for another record-breaking season, according to a federal government projection released Monday Modesto

Record almond crop predicted (East Bay Business Times) bi2041864 Government statisticians predict a record California almond crop of 1.5 billion pounds year

Don't Quit Your Day Job (Forbes) bi2041864 You can't count on bankers or angels to get your venture off the ground. So maybe you should shoehorn around a 9-to-5 career

No Water, No Jobs (New America Media) bi2041864 A shortage of water and jobs has left immigrants California high and dry

Get the full scoop on freezing fresh fruit (Lawrence Journal-World) bi2041864 Q: We are getting an abundance of cherries off our year. What?s the best way to freeze them?..

Sights beyond sight (The Fresno Bee) bi2041864 MaryAnn Nyberg paints odes to her beloved outdoors. Just gaze at the twisty brown bark of the almond one of her watercolors, the white blossoms scattered across the boughs lively motion against a dramatic blue sky streaked pink light

Nutty advice (The Fresno Bee) bi2041864 With the Panoche Hills wrapped haze not far away, the almond orchard near Firebaugh offered welcome respite from the sun week as 60 growers and pest-control advisers exchanged information on challenges they face

Vanished bees hit home; Last year, the state appeared to escape the brunt of bi2041864 GATEWAY ? The honey was there, but the bees were gone.It happened fast. Mont Rouse, a beekeeper for 30 years, had 500 hives stockpiled for the winter Gateway, north of Madras. In late October, the bees were fine. Rouse drove them to Wheatland, Calif., for the annual 475-mile journey to help pollinate the almond fields

Decline of bees could put freeze on ice cream (San Francisco Chronicle) bi2041864 Could strawberry ice cream disappear from our lives? What about vanilla Swiss almond? The folks at H&..

John Shearer: Checking Out Minnesota (The Chattanoogan) bi2041864 My wife, Laura, and I recently went to a rural part of central Minnesota for a conference she was attending. While I am a Tennessee homebody who quickly starts missing local accents and unsophisticated regional cuisine, I did find the Gopher State intriguing

Don't Quit Your Day Job (Forbes) bi2041864 You can't count on bankers or angels to get your venture off the ground. So maybe you should shoehorn around a 9-to-5 career

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