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California agricultural statistics: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/ http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/ California's top-ten valued commodities for 2013 are:

California agricultural statistics: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/ http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/ California's top-ten valued commodities for 2013 are: Milk — $7.6 billion Almonds — $5.8 billion Grapes — $5.6 billion Cattle, Calves — $3.05 billion Strawberries — $2.2 billion Walnuts — $1.8 billion Lettuce — $1.7 billion Hay — $1.6 billion Tomatoes — $1.2 billion Nursery plants— $1.2 billion

SilasX 12y ago
Almonds use 10% of the water[1], and we're risking a empty aquifers for them when they're 0.3% of state GDP? [1] My only source on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whyenot https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whyenot [2] 2013 GDP: ~$2 trillion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California