How California harvests and processes 2 7 billion pounds of almonds every year

Discover how California harvests and processes billions of pounds of almonds every year. In this video, we follow the complete almond journey from vast orchards and tree shaking machines to drying, collecting, transporting, sorting, and packaging inside modern processing facilities.

Almond farming is one of California’s most important agricultural industries, combining skilled growers, managed pollination, advanced irrigation, powerful harvesting machines, and large-scale processing technology. Watch how mechanical shakers remove almonds from the trees, how sweepers and harvesters collect them from the orchard floor, and how factories prepare the kernels for markets around the world.