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Almonds, California

Fresno, United States36.74°N 119.77°W
computed criticality17/100
reading
California ~80% of the world's almonds
2023
Fault line

Four in five of the world's almonds grow in California's Central Valley, a very water-hungry crop dependent on pollinating bees, exposed to recurrent Western droughts.

Actors
Blue Diamond
Central Valley growers
Sources