Absolutely not. Look at this chart. Almonds use less water than most other foods and remember when I grow and harvest an almond, I'm harvesting producing 3 products: the kernal (the part you eat), the hull (cattle feed) and the shell (many different uses). If you compare almond use of water per gram of protein the results are even better when compared to another populare form of protein, beef. If beef were added to this chart, it would be many feet off the chart. Almond growers like Capay Hills Orchard (we use .82 gal, about 22% less!)) use water less than this chart (almost same as pistachio) and conserve every drop through prdent water management princicles (organic agriculture, microirrrigation, irrigation maintenance, water only when the tree needs it and propagating mycorrhizae; beneficial fungi that help the tree to better source and utilize water and nutrients from the soil).
There has been so much disinformation about this topic, it not funny. None of the other articles are written by farmers who pay the water bill and have the highest desire to save water. The other information is lacking in complete facts. They also fail to understand it costs alot of water to grow food and feed people. Farmers do everything in their power to conserve water, they have a vested interest in it. Water costs money, farmers pay for it.
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