Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Almonds
Almonds are an $11 billion business in California, but they’ve come under scrutiny for being water intensive to grow. They’ve become like the Hummer during times of high gas prices: a symbol of waste or extravagance that might not make sense during drought conditions. But have almonds been unfairly-maligned?
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAlmonds are an $11 billion business in California, but they’ve come under scrutiny for being water intensive to grow. They’ve become like the Hummer during times of high gas prices: a symbol of waste or extravagance that might not make sense during drought conditions. But have almonds been unfairly-maligned? Is the fault not in almonds, but ourselves, or rather, other water issues?
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Traffic Debt, Almonds, Friday Movies, and Artificial Intelligence- 0:00Traffic Debt
- 15:00AlmondsYou’re reading this
- 24:17Movies
- 40:08Artificial Intelligence
The full episode
2 of 4Traffic Debt, Almonds, Friday Movies, and Artificial Intelligence- 0:00Traffic Debt
- 15:00AlmondsYou’re reading this
- 24:17Movies
- 40:08Artificial Intelligence