More musings...

The more you refine your product to your customers needs the more value it
holds for them. The most expensive ingredient in Nougat is Honey.  Adding
almonds and a little flour to honey makes turron, a Spanish delicacy. The
best way to add value to any crop is probably to ferment it...By laws and
skills permitting. "A book of Honey" by Eva Crane (ISBN 0 19 217657 9 Oxford
University Press) has numerous recipes that could be explored by beekeepers
wishing to up their share of the final profits from their product. Niche
markets I'm sure...but Almonds do grow in "The New World".

Who knows, Spanish people could be only too happy to buy tons of Californian
Turron!

John Sewell