[lacker]

As far as I can tell, almonds are mostly grown for export. 80% of the world's almonds come from California, 70% of Californian almonds are exported to other countries.

https://www.capradio.org/articles/2022/05/09/a-billion-pound...

So, I mean, you might as well stop drinking almond milk in protest. IMO almond milk is disgusting anyway. But it's a pretty roundabout way to make a difference. And Chinese almond consumption will probably keep growing as their people get richer.

I think this problem requires a political solution; we should charge farmers more money for water to encourage marginal almond farmers to switch to other crops and make it easier for farmers elsewhere in the world to grow almonds.

[jefurii]

The U.S. has a history of paying farmers not to grow crops. We did this in the 90s to drive the price of grains up to price Mexican farmers out of the market. If we can do it for as venal a reason as that we should be able to do it for a practical reason like ensuring that people don't die and that our agricultural system doesn't dry up and blow away. Should be. I'm not optimistic tho.