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ENVIRONMENT: GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE :
AGRICULTURE: PRODUCTS: ALMONDS :
UNITED STATES: STATES: CALIFORNIA :
RAINFALL :
DROUGHT:
Here's The Real Problem With Almonds
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Here's The Real Problem With Almonds
The nut apologists missed some important facts.
By Tom Philpott and Julia Lurie
Wednesday April 15, 2015 6:00 AM EDT
Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/04/real-problem-almonds
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Almonds: crunchy, delicious, and...the center of a nefarious plot to suck
California dry? They certainly have used up a lot of ink latelypartly
inspired by our reporting over the past year. California's
drought-stricken Central Valley churns out 80 percent of the globe's
almonds, and since each nut takes a gallon of water to produce, they
account for close to 10 percent of the state's annual agricultural water
useor more than what the entire population of Los Angeles and San
Francisco use in a year.
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As Grists Nathanael Johnson put it, almonds have become a scapegoat of
sorts"the poster-nut for human wastefulness in California's drought." Or,
as Alissa Walker put it in Gizmodo, "You know, ALMONDS, THE DEVIL'S NUT."
It's not surprising that the almond backlash has inspired a backlash of
its own. California agriculture is vast and complex, and its water woes
can't hang entirely on any one commodity, not even one as charismatic as
the devil's nut almond.
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And as many have pointed out, almonds have a lot going for themthey're
nutritious, they taste good, and they're hugely profitable for California.
In 2014, almonds brought in a whopping $11 billion to the state's economy.
Plus, other foodsnamely, animal productsuse a whole lot more water per
ounce than almonds.
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So almonds must be worth all the water they require, right? Not so fast.
Before you jump to any conclusions, consider the following five facts:
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Most of our almonds end up overseas.
While alfalfa fields are shrinking, almond fields are expandingin a big
way.
Unlike other crops, almonds always require a lot of watereven during
drought.
Some nut growers are advocating against water regulationduring the worst
drought in California's history.
Mostly, it's not small-scale farmers that are getting rich off the almond
boom. With their surging overseas sales, almonds and pistachios have drawn
in massive financial players hungry for a piece of the action.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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