Water
Water is essential to everything we do! Our industry strives to continuously find better and more efficient ways to use water:
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- 33% Reduction
- 33% reduction in the amount of water it takes to grow a pound of almonds over the past two decades¹.
- 77% Adoption
- of micro-irrigation and on-demand based irrigation by California almond growers².
- 33% Reduction
We realise that water in California is precious. To further explore reducing our impacts, Blue Diamond Growers has teamed with The Freshwater Trust, a conservation organization that preserves and restores freshwater ecosystems. Over the coming year, in partnership, we are piloting a program to help our growers identify and apply for United States Department of Agriculture conservation grants.
1: University of California, 2010. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012. Almond Board of California, 1990–94, 2000–14.
2: California Almond Sustainability Program. Aug. 2017.