And water-hungry crops for export to the rest of the world, too. It’s insane that California is exporting our water outside the country in the form of almonds, alfalfa, pistachios, rice, etc. (The almonds alone use 17% of the agricultural water.) Agriculture as a whole is only 2% of the economy, and water-intensive crops are only viable exports because the water is (artificially) so cheap. Which means we’re basically losing money by exporting things like almonds.
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