SOURCE: Joe McCarthy, Global Citizen Avocado trees have shallow, fibrous roots that are good at holding topsoil in place. They’re also fast-growing, and can yield fruit in a few years. When members of GLOBAL G.L.O.W., working with the Rift Valley Reading Association in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, were thinking ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Technology Networks When avocados were first recognized as a nutrient-dense superfood for humans, consumption skyrocketed. Today, consumers buy and eat the fresh fruit (hello, avocado toast), purchase pre-packaged guacamole, cook with avocado oil, and more. The trend means there are now more avocado-derived products in the supply chain thanContinue Reading
SOURCE: Eliza Berlage, ABC Rural Justin Loffler has avoided dumping his avocados amid an oversupply of the fruit but his business has taken a hit from low prices. Growers are keen to find new markets knowing more trees are about to mature and avocado prices dived under a $1 inContinue Reading
SOURCE: American Heart Association Eating two or more servings of avocado weekly was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and substituting avocado for certain fat-containing foods like butter, cheese or processed meats was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease events, according to new research published todayContinue Reading
SOURCE: Marvin G Perez, Bloomberg Avocado prices jumped to the highest in more than two decades amid tightening supplies in Mexico, the world’s biggest exporter of the fruit, signaling pricier guacamole. An index tracking avocado from the Mexican state of Michoacan, by far the biggest source in the country, climbedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Marco Campos, Produce Blue Book Colombia exported 2,376 tons of avocados to the U.S. last year, and in 2022 plans to increase that by 30 percent. Jorge Enrique Restrepo, executive director of Corpohass, told Bloomberg Linea that with this plan, growers project exports to the U.S. to continue toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Fred Mientjes, Fruitnet The Kenyan avocado industry has received a welcome boost with China granting access to its fresh products. The deal to export avocados to China, which was originally agreed in April 2019 between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, has finally come toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Deepa Shivaram, NPR The U.S. Department of Agriculture is resuming inspections of avocados from Mexico, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City announced Friday. The move allows the U.S. to resume imports of the popular fruit, which had been temporarily halted for nearly a week. The ban, which went intoContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jacob Mosenda/The Citizen The Ministry of Agriculture has announced the opening of another avocado market in India, providing opportunity for the crop’s stakeholders and farmers to export the product to overseas markets. In a statement sent to the public on Tuesday November, 30, the ministry said the health authoritiesContinue Reading
SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal The U.S. is set to allow avocado imports from the Mexican state of Jalisco, officially beginning in June 2022. This year is on track to be the last year Michoacán will be the only Mexican state supplying the U.S. with avocados for the Super Bowl. TheContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Kenya topped Africa’s avocado exports last year and was among the world’s top 10 producers, with Murang’a leading with 31 percent of total production. However, the country only exported 10 percent of its total avocado production an indicator that the market potential is not fully exploited. HorticultureContinue Reading
SOURCE: Brooke Migdon, The Hill Chefs at restaurants across the globe are scratching avocados from their menus, replacing popular dishes like guacamole with alternative dips made from beans and seeds that have smaller carbon footprints. Avocado farming is extremely water-intensive, with 60 gallons of water required to grow just oneContinue Reading