| ▲ | bibimsz 5 hours ago |
| crops are kind of important though |
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| ▲ | cowsandmilk 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| They don’t have to be grown in the desert |
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| ▲ | dcrazy an hour ago | parent [-] | | Almonds aren’t grown in the desert, they’re grown in the Central Valley. And they’re grown there because before it’s incredibly fertile soil. | | |
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| ▲ | Izikiel43 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| You can grow almonds elsewhere, they are not needed for daily life |
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| ▲ | michaeldh 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | CA, apparently, grows almonds for the entire United States, and 80% of the world's almonds, too. | | |
| ▲ | Izikiel43 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sure, I'm not saying they don't, but it isn't a critical crop for day to day life, biologically speaking. No one is going to die for not eating almonds. Is it economically important? For sure. Is it critical for living? No. | | |
| ▲ | dcrazy an hour ago | parent [-] | | We don’t decide what to grow based on what someone decides is “critical for living.” We decide what to grow based on what sells for a decent margin above cost. Some countries in the Eastern Hemisphere tried the first way and it didn’t work out very well. |
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