California Almond Water Usage: Updated — California Water Impact Network
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Given the combination of their vast acreages, high water requirements, and export crop status, almonds are a controversial crop in California. As an export crop, they play no role in national food security: 70% of the annual harvest is shipped overseas. Here are some basic facts about almonds and wa

70% of those almonds are exported. But you should take a pathetic dribble of a shower.

For those who don’t know, the flow restriction plug can be removed from most shower heads. But you didn’t hear it from me.

  • Wrench@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 days ago

    That’s because they can charge us, the peasants, extra high emergency prices to reduce usage. But do the farmers get charged the same extorted rate, or are they actually subsidized?

    • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Nope, they have water rights and if they don’t use them they loose it so they grow alfalfa flood feilds then sell it to foreign countries