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 (https://hornstrafarms.com/product_images/large/monadnock_gal...) and pouring it down the drain.California grows 99% of the almonds in the United States, and 80% of all the almonds in the world.This is only financially possible because we give almond farmers (and agriculture in general) gigantic subsidies on their water bills.Sources:http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-califo...http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/07/almonds-are-sucking-...