What America’s nutty demand for almonds is doing to California

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By Tom PhilpottJan 15, 2015, 1:57 pm46 pts
On a sunbaked August morning, off a rural road in the heart of California’s Central Valley, a low-slung tractor rumbles between neat rows of identical, light-green trees. To its right, a plume of dust billows up, thick enough to blot out the sky above the treetops. A chute on the truck sends a steady stream…

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