Aussie almond growers
Sep 09, 2020
4 minutes
Words / Samantha Allemann
Open up a pack of mixed nuts and which one do you go straight for? If your top pick is the almond, you’re in good company — they’re the most consumed tree nut.
Australia is the second largest producer of almonds in the world according to the Australian Nut Industry Council. And figures from the Almond Board of Australia show that in 2018–2019 almonds formed 61 per cent of Australia’s total tree nut crop.
John Maragozidis from Yunis grows over 100,000kg of organic almonds every year. Raised on his parents’ almond farm in the Adelaide Plains, Maragozidis studied Mechanical Engineering but found himself
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