Is almond milk sustainable?
Source: https://www.tastingtable.com/908699/which-plant-based-milk-is-the-most-sustainable/
Author: Claire Redden
In terms of greenhouse gas emissions and land use, Food Print says that almond milk isn't any better or worse than other alternative milk variations, but it does consume an excessive amount of water in an area where it is already in short supply - not to mention the deadly impact almond farming has made on honeybees Even so, a 2019 study published in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment discovered that dairy milk requires almost twice as much water as the equivalent amount of California almond milk. Still, in terms of alternative milk, there are options that, unlike almond milk, use less water and contain more than 2% of the base they claim to use