The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
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Re: The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
#2Buy organic..
Re: The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
#3"Almond Milk Is Even More Evil Than You Thought"
This title is garbage, saves me a click. Let me guess though:
-water use
-pesticides
-land use
I'd be willing to bet it still wins over cow milk.
Re: The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
#4The explosion of almond and soy milk among WASPy people of European extraction is one of the more bizarre trends I've seen in my short lifetime. Twenty-five years ago it was passing strange to see anyone not drink real milk, and they fed us at least a quart of it every day at school.
Re: The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
#5Ever though about the cost of producing milk or what happens to the unwanted male calves.
Re: The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
#6Buy organic..
I thought that US produce can be organic so long as no nonorganic pesticides are used. Is there evidence that this distinction matters to bee health, which is the big evidence for the argument here?
Re: The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
#7The explosion of almond and soy milk among WASPy people of European extraction is one of the more bizarre trends I've seen in my short lifetime. Twenty-five years ago it was passing strange to see anyone not drink real milk, and they fed us at least a quart of it every day at school.
You can thank the dairy lobby for schools pushing milk.
Re: The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
#8The explosion of almond and soy milk among WASPy people of European extraction is one of the more bizarre trends I've seen in my short lifetime. Twenty-five years ago it was passing strange to see anyone not drink real milk, and they fed us at least a quart of it every day at school.
Food fads tend to be weird no matter who does it or when they happen. We know so little about nutrition that it always feels (and usually is) cargo cultish to anyone who steps back for a moment.
Re: The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
#9More accurate title: "Pesticides and Unsustainable Farming Practices Are Even More Evil Than You Thought"
Re: The California almond industry is placing a huge strain on bees
#10The effect of pesticides and diseases on bees is a new angle I hadn't heard of before!
The article ends by mentioning the water usage of almond milk, but I wish it would have contextualized that. Almond milk still uses about half the water of dairy milk: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46654042