California grows a mind-boggling amount of the nation's produce: 99 percent of artichokes, 97 percent of kiwis, 97 percent of plums, 95 percent of celery, and on and on. That's why the record-breaking drought (yes, it's finally raining--no, it won't help much!) can affect your grocery bill, even if you live nowhere near California. But with almonds--the state's most lucrative agricultural export--the effect could reverberate for years.
California grows a mind-boggling amount of the nation's produce: 99 percent of artichokes, 97 percent of kiwis, 97 percent of plums, 95 percent of celery, and on and on. That's why the record-breaking drought (yes, it's finally raining--no, it won't help much!) can affect your grocery bill, even if you live nowhere near California. But with almonds--the state's most lucrative agricultural export--the effect could reverberate for years.
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