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Emily Fleishman is Vice President of Global Market Development for the Almond Board of California. She noted that almond as an ingredient shows up on the front of a lot of packaging throughout the grocery store.

Dan Sumner is a Distinguished Professor at the Agriculture and Resource Economic Department at UC Davis. He comments on the higher price of pistachios compared to other tree nuts.

David Doll and Joseph Connell are both former UCANR Farm Advisors and still working in the nut industry. They are also working together to lead the development of the updated Almond Production Manual.

Emily Fleishman is Vice President of Global Market Development for the Almond Board of California. She noted that almond as an ingredient shows up on the front of a lot of packaging throughout the grocery store.

Zach Fowler is CEO and director of Asset Management for Fowler Brothers Farming in Central Calif. He sees the Walnut Industry as unsustainable.

Joe Grant is the Director of Research for the California Walnut Board. He comments on Walnut Blight and hopes to breed a resistant variety for the #1 disease affecting the crop each year.

David Doll a former UCANR Farm Advisor working for a private almond operation <p>on the Iberian Peninsula has two more tips for California Almond growers

This is part of two parts with David Doll, a former UCANR Farm Advisor who has been on the Iberian Peninsula overseeing an almond plantation there. He noted some tips for California growers based on what he is doing there.

Judy Hirigoyen is VP of Global Marketing for American Pistachio Growers. She noted that Alaskan Musher Dallas Seavey stores pistachios in his pockets for a good reason---consuming them apparently help in cold weather.

Richard Waycott is President and CEO of the Almond Board of California. He noted that there may be a growing trend in reducing almond acreage for many reasons.