November/December 2022 - 8

COVER STORY
Advancing cover crop
tech, Project Apis m. is
currently working with
agtech companies to
engineer perennial mixes
to store carbon.
your bees, biodiversity, all of these things. You just have
to plant it once to experience it, and that's when you start
to think about things differently. "
Biosolarization
Part of " thinking differently " is exploring unique
methods to improve soil health, particularly after
removing an orchard. When fields are fumigated for
an orchard replant, methyl bromide or other powerful
chemical fumigants are used to sterilize the soil, which
indiscriminately kills beneficial microbiology.
Rory was a participant in the Almond Leadership
Program through the Almond Board of California, and as
part of his tenure with the program he dealt with almond
hull and shell waste and residue. Aside from selling the
byproducts to the dairy industry, what else was possible?
The team at NicNut partnered with Christopher
Simmons and the Simmons Lab at University of
California, Davis, to pilot a small biosolarization project
after the removal of an old walnut orchard. Old almond
hulls and shells were ground in a large tub grinder, and
6,000 pounds of this mix was then placed in a tree row
Grants for California growers help cover the
costs of orchard removal. Photo: Matt Hannon
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