Avocados are a thirsty crop with a carbon footprint that’s more than twice that of bananas.
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It’s a horror story unfolding in the west that could sweep across the country. Beware the shot-hole borer, an exotic pest that threatens our tree crops, plantations, urban forests and wild places.
Granger, who died in December 2023, is credited with making avocado toast fashionable. Little did he know that his lasting legacy would inspire a meme that symbolized generational tension.
If you try supplements, you still need to eat a healthy diet, exercise, reduce your stress, quit smoking and get enough sleep. Even then, they may still not be enough.
The brief 2022 US ban on avocado imports from Mexico underscored the risks of being so heavily reliant on a product that comes from one region in one country.
More than half of the world’s best growing land could become less suited for coffee.
If it weren’t for historical and biological happenstance, few would be eating avocados today.
Smallholder avocado farmers in Kenya face several barriers to participating in export markets.
A tree-killing beetle that invaded South Africa two years ago and wreaked havoc in the country’s towns and cities still hasn’t been declared an emergency plant pest.
President Trump plans to put a 5% tariff on every Mexican good that crosses the border unless Mexico does more to reduce the flow of migrants.
A tree-killing beetle has invaded South Africa. This is what should be done.
You have to draw an ethical line somewhere so if you were vegan, would you still eat avocados?
The beetle and the fungus have devastated trees in California in the US as well as in Israel. Now they’re in South Africa.
Avocado demand is driven not just by their supposed health benefits, but by their newness, exclusivity and symbolic, aspirational value to a burgeoning middle class.
Our appetite for avocados affects more than just our choice of sandwich filling.
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