NEW RESEARCH FUNDED by the Almond Board of Californiasnows me water footprint of one of the state's signature crops — or at least the one formed by trees — is considerably smaller than the figure currently bandied about.Not only did it show dietary and economic benefits to be greater than for the water needed toproduce them, the study also found the water footprint of almonds grown in California is smaller than a global average originally reported.
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