Prunes
Overview
California produces nearly 100 percent of U.S. prunes, or dried plums, and accounts for roughly 60 percent of world production (CDPB and PBA). In 2010, total prune-bearing acreage in the United States dipped slightly to 61,000 acres. Some 127,000 tons of prune-variety plums were harvested and processed. The total value of production was more than $149.8 million. (NASS 2011) January 2012 ... Prunes
Other Links
- California Dried Plum Board.
- Food Consumption (per capita) Data System, USDA, 2008.
- Fruit and Tree Nuts, Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA.
- Fruit and Tree Nuts Yearbook, ERS, USDA, 2011.
- Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), USDA, 2011.
- Pioneer Study Reveals Dried Plums Effective in the Reduction of Heart Disease, Reuters, 2008 - This animal study suggests that eating dried plums slows the development of an inflammatory disease known as "hardening of the arteries."
- Prune Bargaining Association.
- Prunes, Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS), Foreign Ag Service (FAS), USDA.
- Sunsweet Growers Inc. Dataweb.
Links checked January 2012.
