Point of View # 67

Almonds, Water and Profit

1. Water requirements, oranges, tomatoes and almonds

2. Global water footprint

3. Where are almonds grown

4. Central Valley climate

5. Growth in acres occupied by almond production

6. Number of acres of almonds

7. Why are almonds grown in the Central Valley

8. Amount of water needed to grow almonds

9. US almond consumption, 2001-2006

10. US almond consumption, 1981-2020

11. Institutional investors & almonds

12. Computed from

13. Deeper pockets, deeper wells

14. Who's drilling

15. California's groundwater history

16. Central Valley sinking

17. Race to the bottom

18. Take the money and run

19. I can make money

20. Almonds in California

21. Someone's got to stop them