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80 %
California's groves supply 80 percent of the global almond harvest
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44 %
Land in California dedicated to growing almonds
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4,816 million
Value of California's annual almond harvest in US dollars
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2.1 billion pounds
California farmers will reap a record 2.1 billion pounds of almonds this year as per USDA estimates
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1.1 gallons
Each almond requires 1.1 gallons of water to produce
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1 million
Cost in US dollars, of a single 2,500 ft bore well needed to supply water to the groves
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11 inches per year
In almond-intensive San Joaquin Valley, the ground has been sinking by an average of 11 inches per year, a 2013 US Geological Survey study found, due to over-pumping of aquifers
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1.6 million
The industry requires 1.6 million bee colonies to pollinate its almond trees
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25 %
25 percent of the beehives in almond groves suffered severe damage during the bloom, ranging from complete hive collapse to dead and deformed brood due to pesticides