It took California a century to produce a pistachio harvest. Now, it's the world's top supplier. But as the Dubai chocolate trend fuels demand, and California droughts intensify, growers are fighting to keep up.
The number of private jets operating around the world has more than doubled since 2000, tracking closely with the global surge in billionaires. Now private airlines are coming up with new ways to get customers hooked. Here's a look at the rise of the $40 billion industry.
Aluminum is infinitely recyclable, but Americans throw out millions of tons of it every year — mainly aluminum cans and other post-consumer scrap. At the same time, US can-recycling rates are falling drastically behind several countries. In New York City, canners are vital to making recycling work.
Most of the world's sugar comes from sugarcane. But the plant is so difficult to harvest that farmers often set their fields on fire first to get rid of leaves and unwanted pests. That's how most sugarcane is harvested in Florida, the largest producer of sugar in the US. Residents who live near the fields say the giant smoke clouds are is making them sick.
New Zealand is the world's largest kiwi exporter, shipping out over $1 billion of fruit annually. But a little over a decade ago, a deadly plant disease called PSA nearly wiped out the industry. A scientist named Russell Lowe saved it with a new breed called SunGold, which has overtaken green varieties as the most popular kind.
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In a tiny Kentucky town, Maker's Mark produces one of America's most famous bourbon whiskeys. Known worldwide for its bottles' iconic red wax, the company sells over 3 million cases of bourbon each year.
Seafood is one of the most commonly fraudulent foods we come in contact with, according to the ocean-conservation nonprofit Oceana. Your red snapper could actually be a tilapia fillet. That wild-caught salmon? It could be farm-raised.