Westwind Farms and UC Davis: Using Almond Hulls and Shells to Build Organic Matter

About this episode

The episode discusses the integration of almond shells and hulls as organic matter in orchards with insights from Kirk Pumphrey and Sat Darshan Khalsa.

In this episode, we talk with Kirk Pumphrey, owner of Westwind Farms in Woodland CA, and Sat Darshan Khalsa, Assistant Professional Researcher at the University of CA Davis about their work integrating almond shells and hulls as organic matter in orchards. As Kirk says, “it’s a learning experience for all of us.” It’s a learning curve, but they are finding great success and working toward finding the sweet spot of applying not too much or too little in all different conditions. They’ve ...

People in this episode

Guests: Kirk Pumphrey, Sat Darshan Khalsa

Topics covered

• organic matter
• almond shells
• agriculture
• sustainable farming
• orchard management

Keywords

• almond hulls
• organic matter
• Westwind Farms
• UC Davis
• sustainable agriculture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of CA Davis, Westwind Farms

Places: Woodland CA

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