{"id":27556,"date":"2024-06-16T15:13:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T19:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=27556"},"modified":"2024-06-16T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T19:13:52","slug":"meet-the-pecan-farmer-who-wants-to-change-the-plant-based-milk-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2024\/06\/meet-the-pecan-farmer-who-wants-to-change-the-plant-based-milk-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Pecan Farmer Who Wants to Change the Plant-Based Milk Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We grow a lot of pecans here in the Southeast, and farmers are always looking for new markets for pecan products. <em>Modern Farmer<\/em> posted a story this week about the potential for pecan milk, joining the ranks of other plant-based beverages like almond, soy, coconut, and other nut milks. The story discusses the benefits of producing pecan milk including the lack of need for pollinators, since pecans are wind-pollinated. You can read more about this potential new crop use <a href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2024\/06\/meet-the-pecan-farmer-who-wants-to-change-the-plant-based-milk-scene\/?utm_source=modernfarmer.beehiiv.com&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=mexico-city-faces-a-complete-loss-of-water\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/09\/pecan-nuts-in-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/09\/pecan-nuts-in-tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/09\/pecan-nuts-in-tree.jpg 640w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/09\/pecan-nuts-in-tree-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/09\/pecan-nuts-in-tree-207x138.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: USDA via Commons Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We grow a lot of pecans here in the Southeast, and farmers are always looking for new markets for pecan products. Modern Farmer posted a story this week about the potential for pecan milk, joining the ranks of other plant-based beverages like almond, soy, coconut, and other nut milks. The story discusses the benefits of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":4555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news","category-crops","category-fruit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27557,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27556\/revisions\/27557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}