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Stewart Resnick and his wife Lynda have been criticized for their role in growing water-intensive nut tree crops�a single almond requires more than 1 gallon of water[11]�in the Central Valley, mainly for export,[12] during California's ongoing drought. According to Forbes Magazine: "Their oasis has plenty of water, the result of relentless opportunism that has given their orchards access to more water than nearly any other farm during the worst drought on record in California's history. The Resnicks use at least 120 billion gallons a year, two-thirds on nuts, enough to supply San Francisco's 852,000 residents for a decade. They own a majority stake in the Kern Water Bank, one of California's largest underground water storage facilities, which the state of California had spent $75 million to develop.[13] It is capable of storing 500 billion gallons of water. They have also spent at least $35 million in recent years buying up more water from nearby districts to replenish their supplies." [14]

At the same time as exporting almonds to Asia and other locations, they import Fiji bottled water from the South Pacific. According to Forbes: "Regarding their water business in Fiji, they have been vilified as greedy capitalists for hogging the archipelago's precious water supply. They bought Fiji Water in 2005 and started pumping out and bottling millions of pricey water bottles from a pristine aquifer. Meanwhile island natives didn't always have water to drink themselves, due to crumbling and insufficient infrastructure." [14]

In addition, their claims for the "POM" pomegranate drink have been contested. Forbes reported, "The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in 2010 that the Resnicks' POM Wonderful had used deceptive advertising when marketing the antioxidant-rich drink as being able to treat, prevent or reduce the risk of heart disease, prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction. In 2012 a federal judge agreed that some of the ads were misleading. In 2013 FTC commissioners denied the Resnicks' appeal. In October of 2015, the Resnicks asked the Supreme Court to take the case."[14] In May 2016 the Supreme Court declined.[15]