I basically stopped eating almonds years ago after hearing NPR interviews with farmers who were like "well, not my problem" when asked about how the trees require SO much water in a drought area (like "could make aquifers run dry" iirc) www.motherjones.com/environment/... - ThreadSky

wanderindreamr.bsky.social • 49 days ago

I basically stopped eating almonds years ago after hearing NPR interviews with farmers who were like "well, not my problem" when asked about how the trees require SO much water in a drought area (like "could make aquifers run dry" iirc) https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/01/almonds-nuts-crazy-stats-charts/

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dr00vy.bsky.social•48 days ago

Good thing I already dislike almonds

altmer.bsky.social•48 days ago

almonds are now inactivated
oat milk is better anyway

sharpie.zone•48 days ago

why are people growing almonds in fucking CALIFORNIA?

leohowler.bsky.social•48 days ago

The climate is similar enough to their native Mediteranian homeland that they started planting the trees there. California has made some baffling tree decisions over the decades, like importing tarry Australian trees that have made wildfires that much worse.

zzsleeps.bsky.social•49 days ago

the environmental damage just does not matter when it comes to the high profits I guess 😭😭😭

wanderindreamr.bsky.social•49 days ago

What's extra-wild to me is that in the 10 years I spent living in North Carolina we were in a drought for 8 of them (and one year we broke the yearly rainfall record /in October/ lol). So, there were things you did in the drought! Everyone was encouraged to conserve water, brick your toilet, and my

wanderindreamr.bsky.social•49 days ago

city at least had people monitoring water usage and confronting the folks who were trying to secretly water their lawns at like 3 am. Yet, it seems like California doesn't do these things??? I'm so confused

zzsleeps.bsky.social•49 days ago

we actually had water ordinances in California! at least where I was living, everyone's lawns went yellow or just turned to dirt, some places were only allowed to water on specific days of the week and not when the sun is high. normal folks did their part, but no idea on farmer restrictions 😭

wanderindreamr.bsky.social•49 days ago

Excellent, good job local ordinances!

wanderindreamr.bsky.social•49 days ago

Also insane, Saudi-owned (aka, I'm assuming at least some level of government ownership) alfalfa farms in Arizona (alfalfa takes a SHITTON of water to grow, water they don't have in Saudi Arabia sooo) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-drought-stricken-arizona-fresh-scrutiny-of-saudi-arabia-owned-farms-water-use

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