Nut, Olive and Prune Programmatic News

UC ANR Farm Advisor, Elizabeth Fichtner partnered with Julie Cates and Isabel Beltran, two 6th grade teachers at Linwood Elementary in Visalia to merge education on ancient Greece with concepts of ethnobotany and modern agricultural production in Tulare County. Students were introduced to the concept of the…

This blog contains archived digital materials published or created by the Tulare County Cooperative Extension prior to April 24, 2026 that are not digitally accessible.Tulare County is the home to production of four different nut crops—almonds, pistachios, walnuts and pecans.  Over the past 20 years,…

This blog contains archived digital materials published or created by the Tulare County Cooperative Extension prior to April 24, 2026 that are not digitally accessible.Late March through mid-April marks the time of pistachio bloom in California’s Central Valley. The dynamics at bloom not only determine the…

This blog contains archived digital materials published or created by the Tulare County Cooperative Extension prior to April 24, 2026 that are not digitally accessible.Local walnut growers, PCAs, and members of allied industries braved the dense Tule fog to attend Tri County Walnut Day, an annual event…

This blog contains archived digital materials published or created by the Tulare County Cooperative Extension prior to April 24, 2026 that are not digitally accessible.The University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) hosted Statewide Pistachio Day on January 21, 2026. The…