Are pistachios the nut of the future?

Grist
By Mark SchapiroJul 6, 2019, 7:42 am281 pts
Inside a climate-controlled laboratory at the Duarte Nursery outside Modesto, California, an experiment is taking place that could help determine what food we will eat for decades to come. Rows of steel racks contain numerous tiny almond, apple, walnut, pomegranate, pecan, avocado, fig, and pistachio trees in…

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