It’s Going to Be a Bad Year for Pistachios
http://gizmodo.com/it-s-going-to-be-a-bad-year-for-pistachios-1786168359
The USDA recently released a report showing that the United States, one of the worlds two main pistachio producers, would cut the number of pistachios it harvested by nearly half this year, due mainly to Californias punishing drought. This means a loss of over 100,000 tons of pistachios in the U.S. alonean amount equal to nearly a fifth of the worlds entire 520,000 ton pistachio crop for this year.
Now, a worsening drought in Iran, the other top producer of pistachios in the world, has farmers there predicting that their pistachio harvest is also going to continue to fall dramaticallyperhaps even further than the 20,000-ton drop that was already predicted for this year.
USDA says worldwide were going to lose 86,000 tons of pistachios this year. That figure sounds unsettlingly big, but the losses would look heavier yet if Turkey hadnt had a surprise bumper crop which nearly tripled its expected harvest. Even that anomaly, though, still wasnt enough to offset the loses.
Pistachios join chocolate, red wine, IPAs, salmon, coffee, almonds, and so much more on the list of foods that are going to get harder to come by in our hotter and drier world. On the plus side, however, the world market for edible insects continues to grow.
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Chocolate, Red Wine, IPA's, Coffee? Pretty much my entire diet!