>Serious question from someone who lives on the east coast and understands little about almonds. Why doesn't this happen? Is the almond industry a particularly

>Serious question from someone who lives on the east coast and understands little about almonds. Why doesn't this happen? Is the almond industry a particularly strong lobbying force?[..] Blue Diamond Growers who are the largest co-op outfit growing and processing almonds in CA does have a lot of clout. Their lobby is connected to the Climate Lobby. Others who are part of Climate Lobby include Campbell Soup company, many Silicon Valley tech companies and of course, the heaviest hitter of them all..Oil and Gas. Ag in California is intimately close with the fossil fuel/oil and gas sector. We convert fossil fuels to calories. Why do you think we still run tractors on diesel and we still haven’t gotten autonomous electric ag robots tending our fields. Also: https://slate.com/business/2010/10/what-a-california-almond-company-can-teach-us-about-the-globalization-of-american-agriculture.html https://slate.com/business/2010/10/what-a-california-almond-... : this is a good read and 12 years old. In 2020, Blue Diamond growers had 1.59 billion dollars in revenue. And it’s actually worth a lot more(value added products) because it’s a co-op that purchases and processes a lot of almonds and takes care of over 80% of worlds supply of almonds.