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Contents
10 FIELD TEAM 12 MARKET REPORT 16 NEWS IN A NUTSHELL 24 CORNERING THE MARKET 26 MEMBERSHIP BASICS 30 GROWING THE GOODNESS 34 ADVOCACY REPORT 38 IN YOUR ORCHARD 46 CLASSIFIED ADS
Be sure to read an important update on the Port of Oakland on page 20
Features
6 President’s Corner President and CEO, Kai Bockmann looks back on a wonderful visit with you at Masters Meeting and the chance many of you had to hear from Chief Commercial Officer, Carmen Bourgaize, at the Grower Liaison Committee meetings. Bockmann looks forward to the upcoming crop and discusses the forecast and looks forward to more wins that the team has been working
21 Kagome Partnership New Almond Breeze ® partner, Kagome Co., in Japan will focus on accelerating market growth and driving demand for Almond Breeze ® with new Blue Diamond products through Kagome launching in September 2024. 26 NEW! Membership Basics Director of Member Relations, Ben Goudie introduces “Membership Basics,” a column where he will dive deep into foundational topics from contracts and assignments to deferrals and investment opportunities. Goudie’s aim is to help demystify the complex and help you become an even more knowledgeable grower-member.
hard to achieve for the cooperative. 20 Port of Oakland Update
Steve Schult, Blue Diamond ’s VP of Global Supply Chain, provides an update on the state of the Port of Oakland.
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