"Other notable glyphosate users in California include Caltrans (#5), the state transportation agency, which applies it for aesthetic and safety reasons, including fire prevention and weed reduction along highways to improve drivers’ lines of sight; John Hancock (#12), the financial company that owns almond and pistachio farms; Gallo (#14), the largest family owned winery in the United States; Fondomonte (#16), a Saudi-owned company that has been criticized for sucking up scarce groundwater to grow hay (which it then exports) in the Arizona and California deserts; and California State Parks (#36), which manages 1.6 million acres of public land."
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