The avocado growers of Tochimilco, a small village in central Mexico at the foot of the Popocatepetl volcano, are used to it threatening them with spurts of molten rock and ash. The last thing they needed was US President Donald Trump spewing fire at them, too. But Trump’sContinue Reading
One gauge of avocado prices is having its biggest gain in almost a decade as consumers weigh the latest rhetoric from Donald Trump on his threat to close the U.S. border with Mexico, a major supplier of the fruit. The Mexico City Hass price from Michoacan, the heartland ofContinue Reading
It’s properly unsettling when we hear about the latest mass food recalls, but so far the voluntary avocado recall by the Henry Avocado Corporation Monday is an example of a “good” type of recall: the bug listeria monocytogenes was caught through a routine government inspection, and as yet there areContinue Reading
An avocado tree-loving beetle, regarded as a serious pest overseas, has been discovered in Auckland. The wood-boring granulate ambrosia beetle has been detected in four Auckland areas since late February, according to Biosecurity New Zealand. The beetle is known to feed on a wide range of broadleafContinue Reading
An extract from the seeds of avocados exhibited anti-inflammatory properties in a laboratory study, according to Penn State researchers, and it represents a potential source for novel anti-inflammatory compounds that could be developed as a functional food ingredient or pharmaceuticals. The researchers developed the extract over the last decadeContinue Reading
U.S. total imports of avocados were up 15% by volume but down 11% in value in 2018. Trade statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that the total value of U.S. avocado imports totaled $2.35 billion, down from $2.64 billion in 2017. By volume, U.S. imports of avocadosContinue Reading
For better or for worse, avocados are as intrinsically woven into the “millennial” identity as the impossibility of home ownership and the insurmountable burden of student debt. We eat them, we talk about them and we love them with an unbridled obsession that’s usually reserved for household pets. Continue Reading
The little-known Kapsoen village, a few kilometres off the Eldoret-Iten road in Moiben, Uasin Gishu County, is currently dusty and hot. As in many other parts of the country, it has not rained in the area for months, and, therefore, most farms are hosting scorched plants. On theContinue Reading
Avocado on toast, in a salad or a smoothie? There are many ways to eat the green fruit which is popular with hipsters across the world – a craze that Kenya is cashing in on. At Le Grenier à Pain restaurant in the leafy suburb of Riverside in Nairobi,Continue Reading
A price dispute between producers in Michoacan, the heartland of Mexican avocado production, and packing companies has brought exports of the coveted green fruit to a halt. Growers ceased harvesting last week and now shipments to Mexico’s three top avocado buyers — the U.S., Canada, and Japan —Continue Reading
The year was 1914, and two fruit growers went to Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles to buy one of the new fruits they’d been hearing so much about. They were expensive at $1 each, and they had an unusual name: the Alligator Pear. Undaunted, the growers slicedContinue Reading
The edible coating invented by California-based Apeel Sciences – which doubles an avocado’s shelf life, according to the startup – will soon be carried by Kroger, America’s largest grocery retailer. Avocados are known for having a short shelf life, lasting about a week at the grocery store beforeContinue Reading
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