News Releases

Blue Diamond Growers has named Dean LaVallee as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) for California’s largest almond cooperative. In addition to serving as COO, LaVallee will continue to operate in his current role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and will report directly to Blue Diamond Growers’ President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Jansen. As COO/CFO, LaVallee will oversee the Finance,
Global Ingredients, and IT divisions within Blue Diamond Growers. He joined the cooperative in 2011.

Blue Diamond Growers, the world’s leading almond marketer and processor, applauds the nomination of Elaine Trevino for United States Trade Representative Chief Agriculture Negotiator. This welcomed announcement marks a wonderful appointment for U.S. trade policy and American agriculture.

Following a comprehensive certification process, the Blue Diamond Growers plant in Turlock, Calif., has earned distinction by becoming Green Business Certified by the Modesto Chamber of Commerce’s California Green Business Network, Stanislaus County program.

On May 28, 2021, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia – in a unanimous 3-0 decision – upheld the trial court’s March 5, 2021 rejection of claims asserted in Australia by affiliates of Freedom Foods Group Ltd (“Freedom”) against Blue Diamond Growers (“Blue Diamond”).

Blue Diamond Growers, a grower-owned cooperative and the world’s leading processor and marketer of California almonds, today announced the release of two new products, Tasty Little Cup^™ and Baking Mixes, that will meet consumer demand for better-for-you options in the baking aisle.