Posted: May 21, 2023 / 06:42 AM PDT Updated: May 21, 2023 / 06:44 AM PDT Animal rights activists gather to protest outside the Agriculture Ministry in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 21, 2023.

Animal rights activists gather to protest outside the Agriculture Ministry in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 21, 2023. The activists protested plans for the construction of the first large-scale ...

The amount of land devoted to pistachio trees in Spain has jumped nearly five-fold since 2017 to 79,000 hectares (195,000 acres) in 2024, according to agriculture ministry figures.

Two decades ago, Miguel Angel Garcia harvested grapes and grains on his farm in central Spain, like his father and grandfather before him. Garcia harvests 10 to 20 tonnes of the green nut each ...