• CicadaSpectre
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    7 months ago

    Is that why pistachios are so goddamn expensive for the past few years? Or was that going to happen anyway?

    • betelgeuse [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      Wonderful has $3.6 billion dollars worth of agricultural land in California. They also own a lot of water rights in the state. The water restrictions you hear about? Guess why it’s hard to get water to all the houses that have popped up over the last couple of decades.

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        7 months ago

        I like my tree nuts, but why they have to make it so unethical to enjoy…?

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      7 months ago

      possibly. pistachios are Iran’s biggest export after petroleum products iirc