• The shells and hulls are used as livestock feed and bedding, and research is exploring new uses such as using shells to strengthen recycled plastic and reduce new plastic, and hulls as a food ingredient. • The trees store a lot of carbon and at the end of their lives they get returned to the ground as wood chips, sequestering 5 tons of carbon per hectare (about 2.5 acres), equivalent to living car-free for a year for each acre of land. “Nothing is wasted with almonds,” Gemperle assured the German audience. The stories also touch on the health attributes of almonds and include comments from German nutritionist, Rebecca Kunz. “Almonds contain valuable nutrients like 6 grams of protein per serving that provides energy for the day,” said Kunz, who described the nuts as “little power packs that help us glow from the inside out.” Article contributed by the Almond Board .
Print articles in Brigette (pictured) and Brigette Be Green featured grower Christine Gemperle and tells the industry’s water and zero waste stories.
Gemperle also stresses another key point that is important to German consumers — zero waste. More and more, every part of the almond is used in some way — kernel, shell, hull and the tree itself. • The kernels — the part we eat — serve up 13 grams of good unsaturated fats (with only 1 gram of saturated fat), 6 grams of plant protein per serving and are rich in essential nutrients.
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