Almonds officially become California's fourth state nut
This all started after a fourth-grade class from Modesto petitioned to make the almond the state nut — California produces almost the entire country’s almond crop, and Modesto is a major center — and their sense of civics spiraled to where the mascots of the Modesto Nuts minor-league baseball team tagged along on a trip to Sacramento.
source: sfweekly.com
