The Economics of Almonds & Insanity of Almond Milk

Did you know: It takes a gallon of water to grow a single almond? A gallon of almond milk has the same nutritional value of a handful of almonds but costs 6 times as much?

For no other reason than I found them interesting, here are two articles on the state of the almond craze. Both are by Tom Philpott

• Invasion of the Hedge Fund Almonds
• Lay Off the Almond Milk, You Ignorant Hipsters