Photos from 2011 Arizona Pistachio Association annual meeting

2012 Arizona Pistachio Association officers include from left: President Steve Seplak, grower, Sas-Z Nuts, Kansas Settlement; Vice-President Mark Cook, grower, North Bowie Farming, Bowie; Secretary Rob Call, University of Arizona, Willcox; and Treasurer Allan Robbs, grower, Robbs Farms, Willcox.

California pistachio leaders at the meeting include from left: Jim Zion, Meridian Nut Growers, Clovis and American Pistachio Growers Board Chairman; Brian Blackwell, Blackwell Farming Company, Bakersfield; Jeremy Blackwell, Pioneer Nursery, Visalia; and Larry Wilkinson, J. Poonian Ltd. Partnership, Springville.

Arizona pistachio growers from left: Jim Cook, A & P Growers Cooperative, Bowie; plus Jim Graham, Cochise Groves, and Richard Searle, Searle Pistachios, both of Cochise.

Pistachio harvest in Cochise County, Ariz.