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CONTENTS May | June 2012<br />
p.30<br />
Features<br />
12 Fieldman<br />
Almond Facts sits down with <strong>the</strong><br />
cooperative’s newest field supervisor<br />
for <strong>the</strong> Sacramento Valley, Ryan<br />
Christy.<br />
18 Industry Blog<br />
President and CEO Mark Jansen<br />
offers his “Almond Insights” to<br />
<strong>the</strong> industry in a new video blog.<br />
26 Beyond Baseball<br />
Guest columnist Tom Nassiff,<br />
President and CEO of Western<br />
<strong>Growers</strong>, asks why baseball’s<br />
guest worker program doesn’t<br />
include farm laborers.<br />
30 Groundbreaking<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Diamond</strong> kicked off its largest<br />
capital investment in over 40 years<br />
with a groundbreaking at <strong>the</strong> new<br />
Turlock Plant site.<br />
08 FIELD SUPERVISORS<br />
10 GROWER LIAISON<br />
14 NEWS IN A NUTSHELL<br />
38 THE BEE BOX<br />
40 TIME TO CONSIDER<br />
42 CLASSIFIED ADS<br />
Cover Picture:<br />
From left, General Manager of Industrial<br />
Operations Bruce Lish, President and CEO<br />
Mark Jansen, Chairman Clinton Shick<br />
and Turlock Project Manager Ulli Thiersch<br />
break ground at <strong>the</strong> site of <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Diamond</strong>’s<br />
newest plant in Turlock.<br />
MAY | JUNE 2012 Almond Facts 3
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