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GROWERS GET THEIRGOOD GOINGRecord Sales And Revenues, PlantExpansion Signal Good Times Ahead20 Almond Facts NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2012Blue Diamond members and guests gathered for the 102ndAnnual Member Meeting in Modesto, November 14, tunedin to the upbeat theme of “Good Is In Everything We Do.”An exhibit area highlighted by promising new products,business reports of record sales and revenues, and tours ofan expansive new processing facility under construction innearby Turlock confirmed grower optimism on the heels ofa record crop.Those feelings echoed in Board Chairman Clinton Shick’s openingremarks at the annual luncheon. “This is a good time to be an almondgrower, especially a Blue Diamond almond grower!” he declared.Stirred by a patriotic medley sung a cappella by all-male chorus SweetDeliverance and a heart-felt pledge of allegiance led by six-year old GirlScout Katelyn Stout, the near-overflow audience of growers and guests tookin glowing reports of double-digit sales growth across all product lines and anaggressive growth strategy of plant and product-line expansion.Significant Milestones AchievedShick announced, “We reached a milestone this year, attaining revenuesof just over $1 billion!” It was a year of record setting, he said: recordvolume, record revenue, record return to growers and the second yearin a row of record revenue per acre.continued on page 22 »