How Growers Gamed California’s Drought
It takes a gallon of water to grow an almond. So eating a single almond, grown in California, is like opening one of these (<a href="https://hornstrafarms.com/product_images/large/monadnock_gallon_water.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://hornstrafarms.com/product_images/large/monadnock_gal...</a>) and pouring it down the drain.<p>California grows 99% of the almonds in the United States, and 80% of all the almonds in the world.<p>This is only financially possible because we give almond farmers (and agriculture in general) gigantic subsidies on their water bills.<p>Sources:<p><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-californias-water-going" rel="nofollow">http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-califo...</a><p><a href="http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/07/almonds-are-sucking-the-life-out-of-california/374373/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/07/almonds-are-sucking-...</a>