Like all food production has equal merit. Growing almonds in the desert is national food security obviously.

Since this is HN let's be factually correct. Almond production is irrelevant in water usage. The bulk of it is going to animal agriculture.

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3eb7988a1663 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I am finding that 42% of California water is agriculture and 8% of that is for almonds. 3% of state water usage on a luxury nut might not be moving the needle that much, but it does feel wasteful for a state that is perpetually hovering on drought conditions.

	▲	sitkack 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Much of that water comes out of a collapsing acquifer.