Over the last decade, the lush olive groves one associates with the Italian countryside have become desiccated, as if stuck in a perpetual winter. The culprit is Xylella fastidiosa, a species of aggressive bacteria that have ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2022
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For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state's most valuable crop.
Other
Feb 22, 2022
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In Spain, the drought between 1991 and 1995 led to restrictions in the allocation of water for crops and cuts in supplies. What would have happened at that time to the intensive, irrigated almond plantations that have been ...
Ecology
Jan 11, 2022
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Almonds are big business in California, which grows 80 percent of the world's crop with a value of $5.62 billion.
Ecology
Oct 5, 2021
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Crushed by a devastating drought and new water restrictions, Daniel Hartwig had no choice but to pull thousands of precious, fragrant almond trees from his California farm.
Environment
Aug 5, 2021
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Humans have been eating peaches and almonds for thousands of years. Although at first sight the products of these trees may seem to be very different, both species are part of the Prunus genus, and are genetically very similar—so ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2019
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A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the odds that honey bee colonies overwintered in cold storage will be large enough to rent for almond pollination in February. Identifying which colonies ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2019
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A video recently doing the rounds on Facebook included a segment from the BBC comedy quiz show QI. The video asks which of avocados, almonds, melon, kiwi or butternut squash are suitable for vegans. The answer, at least according ...
Ecology
Oct 12, 2018
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Surging worldwide demand for almonds is pushing Spanish farmers to replace traditional wheat and sunflower fields with almond orchards, transforming the landscape in the south of the country.
Ecology
Sep 16, 2018
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It's sometimes reported that one in every three bites of food depends on bees. As is often the case when an easy to grasp notion spreads, there's a dose of truth and a dollop of exaggeration.
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2018
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