AeroVironment Inc. has partnered with Cal State Fresno in a year-long study to determine how imagery and analytics from drones could be used to help almond growers better manage their water use.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This California farm uses tech and tradition to reduce water use. Almond trees provide byproducts and long-term carbon capture.

This year’s “rainy” season is over, and California is beginning to accept its fate: Business-as-usual farming in the Golden State may soon become a thing of the past. The drought is now so far beyond ...

FIREBAUGH, Fresno County (AP) — As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California's agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, ...

Almonds have become the poster-nut for human wastefulness in California’s drought. If you’ve been paying attention to the drought coverage, you’ve already seen the statistics repeated over and over: ...

A new study using aerial imagery across the state of California has found that converting land to grow almonds between 2007 and 2014 has led to a 27% annual increase in irrigation demands -- despite ...

Leaders of California’s almond industry struck back Thursday at critics who have branded it a prime culprit in the state’s four-year drought. In a conference call with reporters, officials with the ...

A simple guide to making almond milk at home, a nutritious plant-based dairy substitute with tips and variations.