Pistachio a sudden 50% loss in the Australian pistachio harvest. Several years of severe drought in Iran around 2008 to 2015 caused significant declines in production. In 2016, world production of pistachios was 1.1 million tonnes, with the United States and Iran as leading producers, together accounting for 68% of the total (table). Secondary producers were Turkey and China. The kernels are often eaten whole, either fresh or roasted and salted, and are also used in pistachio ice cream, kulfi, spumoni, historically in Neapolitan ice cream, pistachio butter, pistachio paste and confections such as baklava, pistachio chocolate, pistachio halva, pistachio lokum
The Hippy Nuts received positive reviews, including a nod from the Village Voice Pazz & Jop Awards in 2008. The Hippy Nuts perform regularly around Manhattan, often at Banjo Jim's on the Lower East Side. The Hippy Nuts have worked with a number of notable artists. Tony Award winner Alice Ripley has contributed background vocals on several Hippy Nuts tracks, including "I Feel Lucky Tonight". Noted photographer Ben Glass directed the Nuts' music video for "Sometimes a Feeling", and independent filmmaker Frank Keraudren directed "Working for Love" and "Beulah Land". In January 2012, The Hippy Nuts commenced their Southern Immersion Tour in support