# Image Credits

All photos below were replaced in September 2026 with CC0 / public-domain images found via
Openverse (rawpixel.com, WordPress Photo Directory, Flickr/USDA). No attribution is required;
sources are listed as a courtesy.

## Site photos

- **orchard-rows.jpg** — "The Mota Ranch’s 36 acre" by U.S. Department of Agriculture · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3261902/free-photo-image-almond-apple-buried
- **hero-branch.jpg** — "Almonds on the tree" by zebulon.walton · Flickr · Public domain
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/129869996@N05/15608280063
- **green-almond.jpg** — "20150722-NRCS-LSC-0127" by USDAgov · Flickr · Public domain
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/41284017@N08/20540446291
- **orchard-aerial.jpg** — "A road to almond field" by kahone85 · WordPress Photo Directory · CC0
  https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/4446213cb5/
- **blossom-sky.jpg** — "Almond blossoms" by Javier Casares · WordPress Photo Directory · CC0
  https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/7976407749/
- **kernels-study.jpg** — "Free pile almonds, white background" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5910917/image-background-public-domain-white
- **almonds-ramekin.webp** — "Free bunch almonds white background" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5905344/photo-image-public-domain-plant-food
- **almonds-table.webp** — "Free pile almonds background" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5908242/image-background-public-domain-free
- **flatlay.webp** — "Free bunch almonds wooden table" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5902148/photo-image-public-domain-plant-food
- **almond-tart.webp** — "Free almond cake image" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5912698/free-almond-cake-image-public-domain-cc0-photo
- **ship-color.webp** — "Cargo ship, logistics industry" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/6037185/photo-image-public-domain-free
- **container-ship.jpg** — "Free container terminal Port Melbourne" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/4026120/container-terminal
- **bulk-warehouse.jpg** — "Untitled" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5959469/free-public-domain-cc0-photo

- **world-map.svg** — "World location map" · via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (recolored)
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_location_map.svg

## Product cards

- **products/nonpareil.jpg** — "Free bunch almonds white background" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5908146/image-public-domain-plant-food
- **products/independence.jpg** — "Almonds in a grocery store" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5974815/almonds-grocery-store
- **products/monterey.jpg** — "Bowl almonds figs fennel" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3301855/free-photo-image-nuts-almond-bean
- **products/carmel.jpg** — "Untitled" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5955900/free-public-domain-cc0-photo
- **products/butte.jpg** — "Untitled" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/6072629/free-public-domain-cc0-photo
- **products/padre.jpg** — "Almond nuts" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/6041372/almond-nuts-free-public-domain-cc0-photo
- **products/sliced.jpg** — "A delicious waffle topped with sliced almonds and drizzled with rich chocolate." by Faisal Ahammad · WordPress Photo Directory · CC0
  https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/92165dbb51/
- **products/custom-specifications.jpg** — "Small bowls nuts, cashews, dates" · rawpixel.com · CC0
  https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3304233/free-photo-image-almond-bean-bowl

## Product cards kept from the previous set (no suitable CC0 replacement found yet)

- **products/almond-flour.jpg** — Pexels photo 6824312 · Eva Bronzini · Pexels license
  https://www.pexels.com/photo/6824312/
- **products/blanched.jpg** — "Blanched almonds" by Nadiatalent · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blanched_almonds.jpg
- **products/diced.jpg** — "Bowl of chopped almonds" by Douglas P Perkins · CC BY-SA 3.0 (attribution required)
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bowl_of_chopped_almonds.jpg
- **products/slivered.jpg** — "Slivered Almond, Jumbo Cashew, Kernel Pistachio and Pecan" by Hedi Aghlara · CC BY-SA 3.0 (attribution required)
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slivered_Almond,_Jumbo_Cashew,_Kernel_Pistachio_and_Pecan.JPG

## Media library — backend/uploads/almonds/

Added September 2026 for the admin media library (folder "almonds"). All CC0 / public domain via
Wikimedia Commons; most are U.S. Department of Agriculture photos of California almond orchards.
Resized to 2000px wide. No attribution is required; sources are listed as a courtesy.

- **almond-kernels-flower-arrangement.jpg** — "Almond" by Miansari66 · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almond.JPG
- **almonds-white-ramekin.jpg** — "Healthy Almond Snack (Unsplash)" by Juan José Valencia Antía · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Healthy_Almond_Snack_(Unsplash).jpg
- **almonds-in-shell-bulk-sack.jpg** — "Saco de almendras en el Mercado Municipal de Sao Paulo" by Wilfredor · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saco_de_almendras_en_el_Mercado_Municipal_de_Sao_Paulo.jpg
- **almond-kernels-white-background.jpg** — "Blanched Almonds" by Andrikkos (Greek Wikipedia) · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blanched_Almonds.png
- **sliced-almonds-blanched.jpg** — "Almond slices" by Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almond_slices.jpg
- **green-almond-cut-open-hand.jpg** — "20150722-USDA-OC-PSD-0070" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20150722-USDA-OC-PSD-0070_Agriculture_in_the_United_States.jpg
- **almond-tree-nuts-on-branch.jpg** — "20150723-USDA-OC-PSD-0073" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20150723-USDA-OC-PSD-0073_Agriculture_in_the_United_States.jpg
- **almond-hulls-splitting-branch.jpg** — "NRCSCA06013 - California (971)" by USDA NRCS · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NRCSCA06013_-_California_(971)(NRCS_Photo_Gallery).jpg
- **almond-orchard-rows-california.jpg** — "NRCSCA06014 - California (973)" by USDA NRCS · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NRCSCA06014_-_California_(973)(NRCS_Photo_Gallery).jpg
- **grower-inspecting-almond.jpg** — "NRCSCA06033 - California (1007)" by USDA NRCS · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NRCSCA06033_-_California_(1007)(NRCS_Photo_Gallery).jpg
- **almond-harvest-sweeper.jpg** — "NRCSCA06156 - California (1203)" by USDA NRCS · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NRCSCA06156_-_California_(1203)(NRCS_Photo_Gallery).jpg
- **almond-harvest-windrow.jpg** — "NRCSCA06157 - California (1205)" by USDA NRCS · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NRCSCA06157_-_California_(1205)(NRCS_Photo_Gallery).jpg
- **almond-orchard-turlock-california.jpg** — "Almond trees" by Intothewoods29 · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almond_trees.JPG
- **almonds-on-branch-blue-sky.jpg** — "Mota Ranch (20150723-NRCS-LSC-0462)" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Mitigation-Micro_Irrigation_Sprinklers_and_Cover_Crop_at_Mota_Ranch_(20150723-NRCS-LSC-0462).jpg
- **green-almonds-micro-irrigation.jpg** — "Mota Ranch (20150723-NRCS-LSC-0150)" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Mitigation-Micro_Irrigation_Sprinklers_and_Cover_Crop_at_Mota_Ranch_(20150723-NRCS-LSC-0150).jpg
- **almond-orchard-sprinklers.jpg** — "Mota Ranch (20150722-NRCS-LSC-0061)" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Mitigation-Micro_Irrigation_Sprinklers_and_Cover_Crop_at_Mota_Ranch_(20150722-NRCS-LSC-0061).jpg
- **almond-hull-split-closeup.jpg** — "Mota Ranch (20150722-NRCS-LSC-0118)" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Mitigation-Micro_Irrigation_Sprinklers_and_Cover_Crop_at_Mota_Ranch_(20150722-NRCS-LSC-0118).jpg
- **almond-cluster-hull-split.jpg** — "Mota Ranch (20150722-NRCS-LSC-0121)" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Mitigation-Micro_Irrigation_Sprinklers_and_Cover_Crop_at_Mota_Ranch_(20150722-NRCS-LSC-0121).jpg
- **almond-cluster-on-tree.jpg** — "Mota Ranch (20150722-NRCS-LSC-0122)" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Mitigation-Micro_Irrigation_Sprinklers_and_Cover_Crop_at_Mota_Ranch_(20150722-NRCS-LSC-0122).jpg
- **almonds-ripening-cluster.jpg** — "Mota Ranch (20150722-NRCS-LSC-0133)" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Mitigation-Micro_Irrigation_Sprinklers_and_Cover_Crop_at_Mota_Ranch_(20150722-NRCS-LSC-0133).jpg
- **almond-orchard-cover-crop-rows.jpg** — "Mota Ranch (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0713)" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Mitigation-Micro_Irrigation_Sprinklers_and_Cover_Crop_at_Mota_Ranch_(20150416-NRCS-LSC-0713).jpg
- **almond-orchard-wide-view.jpg** — "Mota Ranch (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0642)" by USDA · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Mitigation-Micro_Irrigation_Sprinklers_and_Cover_Crop_at_Mota_Ranch_(20150416-NRCS-LSC-0642).jpg