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The shell of the pistachio is naturally a beige color, but it may be dyed red or green in commercial pistachios. Originally, dye was applied to hide stains on the shells caused when the nuts were picked by hand. [50] In the 21st century, most pistachios are harvested by machine and the shells remain unstained. [50]
California nut crimes refers to the organized theft of nuts (almonds, pistachios, cashews, and pecans) in California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Reported cases of nut theft go as far back as 2006 with the worth of stolen nuts being millions of dollars. [ 3 ]
That HuffPost article and another source say that the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 halted demand for Iran's products under embargo, including red pistachios, at a time when California's pistachio industry was growing with different cultivation and harvesting methods that prevented any shell discoloration, enabling sales of the natural shell and ...
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California also leads the nation in walnut production, producing 100 percent of all walnuts grown in the United States. [12] As a result of the trade war between the United States and China, farmers in California received about $76.3 million in federal subsidy payments from USDA, where some of the subsidies were received by walnut farmers. [13]
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Pistacia mexicana, also known as Mexican pistache, American pistachio [3] or wild pistachio [2] is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae found in Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States ().
Pistachios are poised to weather California's dry spells better than its even bigger nut crop, almonds, which generated nearly $4 billion in the state last year, industry experts said.