Almond trees are native to the mountains of Central Asia, and it was only by a spontaneous mutation around 4,000 years ago that the nuts – actually the almond tree’s seeds – were rendered edible in ...

Q: We want to plant a few fruit trees in our back yard. The man at the nursery told us that all their trees were “low chill” trees. Now, I’m wondering just what he meant by that. A: You were talking ...

Soil sensors, drip irrigation and decades of knowledge are helping one family farm produce more almonds with less water.