The Almond Board of California released the May 2018 position report. Position Report May 2018

The country's growing almond habit means that there are lots of shells ands hulls to put to good use. These government scientists are workig hard to find the best options. 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 kind, made with recycled plastic and almond shells that were transformed into a charcoal-like black powder in