The Sierra Vista Herald
July 7, 2011
Sonorans Harvest Bounty of Acorns Before Monsoon
Each year, before the monsoon rains come, people in northern Mexico harvest acorns known as bellotas from Emory Oak trees and sell the nuts along the roads. Said Gary Paul Nabhan, a UA food historian and local foods scientist: "It is one of the most interesting wild harvests left in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and it probably goes back 8,000 years.”