Pistachio Wars

PISTACHIO WARS follows journalist Yasha Levine as he investigates a water sale between a farmer and a small desert town—and discovers a hidden side to California’s healthy snack industry.

At the center of the story are billionaires Stewart & Lynda Resnick. They live in the flashiest mansion in Beverly Hills and have a monopoly on the pistachio trade. But they’ve also taken control of California's water supply—draining rivers, building plantations in the middle of a desert, and leaving a trail of environmental collapse.

Towns ravaged by drought, farms built on oil fields, mass extinction, a water heist straight from the plot of Chinatown, and…even war with Iran? It’s a road trip into the dark heart of the American Dream.