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04/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

USDA scientists are reusing discarded almond shells and hulls to create renewable products, from biodegradable plastics to biofuel

California-based researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are proud to present a plethora of renewable products from the discarded shells and hulls of almonds. According to an article by FastCompany, they’ve created bio-fuel, biodegradable plastic additives, and healthy almond sugar. The researchers are looking for ways to use the billions of pounds of organic […]

03/16/2018 / By Derek Henry

3 reasons why store-bought almond milk is a bad idea

So you’ve decided to come off conventional dairy and are now drinking almond milk from the store. Generally speaking, that’s a wise choice because you will no longer be a victim to the acid and mucous producing nature of regular dairy, and that’s even before you consider the hormones and antibiotics that have tainted the conventional […]

05/30/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Nutrition bombshell as medical establishment FINALLY admits food is more than the sum of its nutritional parts

Some people live and die by the nutritional labels on their food, relying on them to guide their eating choices and laboriously counting every last gram of fat. Many people have long known that this is not the best way to compare two foods – for example, a processed snack might be lower in fat […]

03/14/2016 / By Seth Leaf Pruzansky

The future of almonds?

As California gets drier and drier, it becomes abundantly clear that California almonds are going to take a heavy hit, especially considering that they use 10% of the state’s water. Most of California’s almond orchards are planted in areas that are suffering from “extreme drought,” say meteorologists. Roughly 3 of the estimated 9 million acres […]

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