Going for LEED Silver certification, Blue Diamond Growers’ new, state-of-the-art almond production plant in Turlock, CA, features nearly 200,000 sq. ft. of sophisticated almond technology, setting new standards of excellence for food safety, processing and building innovation.
Blue Diamond Growers’ new almond-processing plant in Turlock, CA, will be its first facility to achieve Leadership in Energy & Environ-mental Design (LEED) Silver certification later this year. The nearly 200,000-sq.-ft. facility epitomizes best practices for almond production in the U.S. Open since 2013, the plant is thought to be the largest single almond investment in the company’s 104-year history.