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California Tree Fruit Bloom 2023

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Bloom has begun for early varieties of peaches, nectarines, and plums in California’s Central Valley marking the start of a productive and successful season to come. This process starts with the activation of buds that have been in a dormant state throughout the winter. As temperatures rise above 65 degrees for prolonged periods, the buds […]

California Chill Hours

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So far, California’s San Joaquin Valley has been having a chilly winter, which is just what our stone fruit trees need to allow for record-high yields. Seasonal chill hours are a critical component of tree fruit production, typically tracked as hours where the temperature is below 45 degrees from November 1st – March 1st. If […]

Natural Products Expo West 22 

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Expo West from AfarWhile I couldn’t attend Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim this year, I did follow reporting on the event with interest. Over the years, I’ve come to think of this trade show as an indication of what’s to come in the mainstream food industry, particularly among health-forward food and beverage products. Expo West is […]

Tree Top’s Food Safety Journey – Part II 

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Tree Top’s Food Safety Journey – Part IIBad bugs, bad bugs, whatcha gonna do? It really doesn’t take much of the wrong organism – Listeria, E. coli, Clostridium – to make a person ill. So, when we start to design our food preservation systems, one of the first questions we need to answer is: How many organisms […]

IFT19 “Feed Your Future” Takeaways

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Several of Tree Top’s Product Development Team attended the IFT19 Annual Food Expo “Feed Your Future” in June. Annie Li, Cindy Conroy and Debbie Flores all agreed, it was a “must attend show.” From their perspective, this event is a great spot to trend watch and see what’s happening in food and beverage product development. The event […]