• v_krishna
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    52 months ago

    If we stopped growing almonds for the entire freaking world Norcal would have lots and lots of water. 80% of California water goes to agriculture, 20% of that is for tree nuts, and 2/3rds of them are exported overseas.

    I do agree (as a Michigan native originally) the best prospects over the next 50 years are Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. But both career prospects and winter make that a hard miss for me.

    • capital
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      62 months ago

      Wait till you learn about alfalfa.

      • @[email protected]
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        82 months ago

        California does not depend on Almonds, it only accounts for 1/4 of 1% of the California economy.

        • @[email protected]
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          12 months ago

          Worrying about the water use of almonds when animal agriculture is right there is absurd in any case.