IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1668 
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the formation of the California Almond 
Growers Exchange, a cooperative to market almonds produced by mem-
bers of the cooperative. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 
Mr. CARDOZA submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the formation of the 
California Almond Growers Exchange, a cooperative to 
market almonds produced by members of the cooperative. 
Whereas, on May 6, 1910, 230 California almond growers 
formed the California Almond Growers Exchange, a coop-
erative to market their almond production; 
Whereas 60 percent of California’s almond growers eventually 
joined the cooperative and developed America’s first 
brand for almonds, Blue Diamond, named after the 
world’s highest quality gem; 
Whereas by 1917, representatives of Blue Diamond made 
their first trip to Italy and Spain to share cultural and 
marketing information, and this was the first promotion 
and marketing of California almonds in foreign markets; 
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•HRES 1668 IH 
Whereas Blue Diamond established a partnership with the 
Federal Government to obtain better rail rates and trans-
mitted the first speech in America aboard a train headed 
cross country about the importance of equitable almond 
prices; 
Whereas in 1937, Blue Diamond developed the first cello-
phane bag to package almonds and funded the first nu-
trition research to establish almonds as an essential food 
in the Federal school lunch program; 
Whereas in 1949, Blue Diamond introduced the first snack 
almond in America, Smokehouse Cocktail Almonds, which 
became the first treenut to be served to passengers on 
airlines; 
Whereas in 1950, Blue Diamond established the Almond 
Board of California, a Federal marketing order to collect 
market information, fund research and promote Cali-
fornia almonds; 
Whereas Blue Diamond opened the Japanese market in the 
1950s and established its first foreign office in Japan 
soon afterwards; 
Whereas Blue Diamond exported California almonds to Rus-
sia, when it was still the Soviet Union, and at one time, 
Russia was the largest export market for United States 
almonds; 
Whereas, in the 1970s, Blue Diamond opened the Indian 
market for California almonds, and India now imports 
over $100 million of California almonds, which make 
California almonds the largest United States export to 
India; 
Whereas Blue Diamond is now expanding the market in 
China for California almonds; 
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•HRES 1668 IH 
Whereas, from a small industry of three million pounds of al-
monds in 1910, California is now producing over 1.65 bil-
lion pounds of almonds annually, which is 80 percent of 
the global supply; 
Whereas Blue Diamond’s business has grown to nearly $1 
billion, and more than half of California’s almond grow-
ers are members of the cooperative; and 
Whereas almonds are California’s largest food export, and al-
monds also rank as the largest tree crop in the world: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the California Almond Growers Exchange for its 100 
years of leadership in developing and promoting the Cali-
fornia almond industry both domestically and worldwide. 
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