Inside a USDA research building near Berkeley, California, research leader Bill Orts holds up a mottled-looking black plate. It’s “really ugly,” he says. But the rough prototype is the first of its ...

A new plant in Merced is turning some of California’s huge supply of almond shells into an especially rich fertilizer. Corigin Solutions hopes to counter climate change with this use of a nut ...

Hopes that Kern County almond byproducts will one day be converted into biochar — and with it, marketable energy and valuable carbon-removal credits — may finally be realized by a project planned to ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A company in California's Central Valley is transforming its almond shells into plant food. KCRA-TV reports that Merced-based ag-tech company Corigin Solutions is using a process ...

Going zero or low waste is an essential step in the pursuit of reducing harm to the environment and slowing climate change. From composting to lessening single-use products, cutting waste has gained ...

Almond trees might not be your first thought when looking for plants to grow in containers, but these spring-blooming trees ...

Self-pollinating almond trees that can produce a bountiful harvest without insect pollination are being developed by agricultural scientists. Self-pollinating almond trees that can produce a bountiful ...

When he's at work in local almond orchards, passers-by often stop to ask Hank Gorman whether the property owner know he's knocking over their trees. And every time he gives the same answer: "The ...

Trees in soggy almond orchards got a push from heavy winds this weekend, and many of them ended up horizontal. Darin Titus, field manager for Hart Farms in Orland, said his Monday was spent counting ...