Almond growers face water shaming
(KCRA) Northern California farmers are defending themselves from people criticizing how much water they use to irrigate their crops in the ongoing drought.It's called "almond shaming" and it started when this statistic was released to the public: "It takes one gallon of water to produce one almond."The statistic then spread like wildfire on social media sites -- and last week, people became increasingly critical when Gov. Jerry Brown instituted mandatory water restrictions o
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