California’s almond co-products move from agricultural residue to high-value engineered materials, powering a new wave of sustainable manufacturing across consumer, home, and mobility sectors.
Stanford-founded Nitricity raised $50 million from Chipotle and Khosla Ventures to turn California’s abundant almond shell waste into organic fertilizer. The startup’s “Ash Tea” product reduces ...
Almond shells pile up under elevated conveyor belts and the California sun. Each of the three mounds is about a dozen meters tall. Mounds of almond shells, such as these at a processing plant in ...