{"podcast":{"title":"Almond Journey","slug":"almond-journey-2535631","podcast_index_feed_id":2535631,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/almond-journey/","website_url":"https://almond-journey.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d1c63098-d1b2-4909-9808-f57b1fe2ab5b/ES1wEOQwa_ooqRaZNxqPs0Iy.png","author":"Almond Journey","episode_count":165,"summary":"This show explores how almond growers, handlers, and other stakeholders are making things work in their operations to drive the industry forward. Host Tim Hammerich is visiting with almond leaders throughout California who are finding innovative ways to improve their operations, connect with their communities, and advance the almond industry. Hearing the voices of these industry leaders might spark a connection or idea you can use in your own journey. That’s why we want to feature these stories of innovation, resilience, and community.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T02:21:37.441696+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/almond-journey-2535631"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 92: 2026 Outlook - Nine Perspectives from Around the Almond Industry","slug":"episode-92-2026-outlook-nine-perspectives-from-around-the-almond-industry","published_at":"2026-01-16T14:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/almond-journey-2535631/episode-92-2026-outlook-nine-perspectives-from-around-the-almond-industry","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/almond-journey-2535631","url":"https://almond-journey.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a0da0052-f8a4-45cc-b164-48e62c65966b.mp3","summary":"People from around the industry join the Almond Journey Podcast at The Almond Conference 2025. We asked each of them to share what’s on the top of their minds headed into 2026. In this episode, you’ll hear some highlights from Dan Sonke, Lindsay Tello, Dinesh Bajaj, Laura Morin, Mel Machado, Luke Milliron, Carson Pettit, Tom Devol and Clarice Turner. In Today’s episode: Hear from nine industry leaders and discover their hopes for 2026 Consider themes like economic growth, expanding global markets, creating a more varied reach to consumers, and emerging new varieties coming to the market Gain a sense of the current state of the almond industry from those that live it every day The Almond Journey Podcast is brought to you by the Almond Board of California. This show explores how growers, handlers, and other stakeholders are making things work in their operations to drive the almond industry forward. Host Tim Hammerich visits with leaders throughout the Central Valley of California and beyond who are finding innovative ways to improve their operations, connect with their communities, and advance the almond industry. ABC recognizes the diverse makeup of the California almond industry and values contributions offered by its growers, handlers, and allied industry members. However, the opinions, services and products discussed in existing and future podcast episodes are by no means an endorsement or recommendation from ABC. The Almond Journey podcast is not an appropriate venue to express opinions on national, state, local or industry politics. As a Federal Marketing Order, the Almond Board of California is prohibited from lobbying or advocating on legislative issues, as well as setting field and market prices.","meta_description":"People from around the industry join the Almond Journey Podcast at The Almond Conference 2025. We asked each of them to share what’s on the top of their m…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1241,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/almond-journey-2535631/episodes/episode-92-2026-outlook-nine-perspectives-from-around-the-almond-industry/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/almond-journey-2535631/episode-92-2026-outlook-nine-perspectives-from-around-the-almond-industry.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}