"Why Are Pistachios So Expensive?"

July 15, 2015
Written by Elise

We get a lot of questions in our store, but one of the more common ones is this: "Why are pistachios so expensive?" As it turns out, there are a lot of reasons that pistachios are consistently more expensive than most other nuts no matter where you buy them, and there's a big reason their price grows at a faster rate than most other nuts.

Breaking Down the 2015 Almond Forecast

May 7, 2015
Written by Elise

Every year, the USDA, NASS, and CDFA survey a random sampling of California's almond farmers and release projections for the year. This year's population representative sample of 328 growers reported the size of their crop last year and their expectations for the size of their crop this year. Their answers give us an idea what the almond market will be in 2015--whether it will be more difficult to buy them and whether they will be more expensive than last year. This information is valuable to anyone who loves and buys almonds, so we're breaking down the forecast.