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Specifically, one almond takes about one gallon of water to produce.

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Hate to be that guy but do you have a source for this? That's pretty incredible and I'd want to read more.

nevermind: the parent article pretty much covers it

Sure, here's some mainstream reporting of it

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-califo...

And here's the original research.

http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Report47-WaterFootprin...

Wow--thanks! The "How Thirsty Is Your Food" infographic from the first link is really incredible. Definitely makes me think differently about eating handfuls of almonds, or a huge amount of broc with dinner.

I agree that's really interesting. But it would be better to normalize to serving size. It doesn't seem fair to compare one almond or one grape to a whole head of broccoli.

Water use is often seen as something negative. When the crops come from a wet place anyway, it shouldn't be a problem I think.

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