Throughout the Tehachapi area, recent days with temperatures in the 60s in this warm winter have brought about the first wave ...

In late winter, David Bradshaw walks the rows of blossoming almond trees in California’s San Joaquin Valley listening to the hum of his honey bees at work. Some swoop to the base of the flower aiming ...

Spring has not arrived, yet blossoming almonds in Israel signify the arrival of Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees, a time ...

National Almond Day is a nod to one of CA's most versatile crops. Almonds are associated with snack packs and baking aisles, but stretch beyond trail mix.

Stanislaus County’s finest floral display, the almond bloom, has brightened the winter landscape once again. The flowers last from mid-February to mid-March on about 210,000 acres of orchards. Each ...

The nectar of the almond tree produces an extraordinary and dangerous poison. This is the only known plant to have this poison in its flowers' nectar. A study carried out at the University of Haifa ...

Not only does this Southwestern state grow the most almonds in the U.S., it grows most of the world's supply too. Not bad for a nonnative crop!