From steak to mangoes, here are some water-hogging foods [View all]

[KamaAina]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-water-hungry-foods-20150406-story.html

With California's drought worsening, there has been a growing focus on the amount of water needed to produce certain foods.

In particular, there has been much debate recently about the growing of almonds in the Central Valley....

"Almonds are especially thirsty in the southern San Joaquin. But there's a lucrative overseas market for them so growers have been planting more and more trees. Basically, one almond requires a gallon of water to produce," wrote Times columnist George Skelton.

But almonds are far from the only thirsty foods. Others include beef, pork, lamb, chickpeas, lentils, peas, goat, mangoes and asparagus.

Mangoes? I had no idea we grew mangoes! &quot