Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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California grows most of the world's pistachios. The crop isn't even native to the state.

Now the growers who built it have nearly stopped planting new trees. The reason runs through California's water.

Tom Coleman, Chair of the Administrative Committee for Pistachios, and Stephen Vasquez, the committee's Executive Director, join us to explain how California built this industry from nothing.

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