pollinators
The organization has only given out its Business for Bees Sustainability Award once before, and this time presented it to the Almond Board of California.
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Major snack food company makes a significant pledge.
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Bee-focused partnerships move growers toward more sustainable almond production.
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With growth capital secured, the company is focusing on becoming a leading pollination services provider by expanding into new crops and territories and using IoT tech for the best data.
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Seventy-five percent of the nation's bees travel to California for almond bloom, so knowing the nutritional value of various pollens is important to the crops that depend on them.
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As one of four speaker and the only representative from agriculture, Almond Board's Josette Lewis detailed why the California Pollination Coalition's collaborative conservation is a strong example of environmental alliances.
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Improving the abundance and diversity of bee gut bacteria, these nutritional compounds found in flowers give bees a longer lifespan.
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Healthy bees mean better pollination and better crops, and a natural chemical compound in almond nectar and pollen reduces the level of disease in bees, while increasing beneficial gut bacteria.
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Bees are still the most common pollinators, but a large number of other pollinators include the bee-mimicking syrphid flies, other insects and spiders.
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In its commitment to sustainability and ethical sourcing, Flagstone Foods is partnering with almond growers who follow bee-friendly farming practices.
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