In recent years, the demand for avocados has surged, driven in part by population growth and increased popularity among younger demographics like Gen Z, particularly within the Hispanic community in the United States.

The U.S. recently lifted a temporary ban on Mexican avocado imports, providing relief for stakeholders in both countries as trade agreements support industry growth.

Mexican avocado production is expected to decrease in the 2021-22 season, with exports to the U.S. forecasted at 1.04 million metric tons.

In Australia, a forecast abundance of avocados—22 per person this year—has led to supermarket prices dropping to $1 each, prompting farmers to encourage higher consumer intake to offset low returns.

Australian avocado growers have faced tough seasons, resulting in some turning to social media to sell their crops, and some expressing frustration when cheaper imported fruit takes precedence over local produce.

Avocado imports in Europe are rising, while they are declining in China, and increased Peruvian supplies typically dominate the global market during certain times of the year.

Despite rising imports in some regions, the expected price reduction has not always occurred; in the U.S., avocado prices showed a slight decline across all grades recently.

Bargain prices—sometimes as low as 80 cents in early seasons—have come at a cost to growers already struggling with tough market conditions.

A new resource launched by national nutrition organizations highlights the role of avocados and other healthy foods in American diets, with the Hass Avocado Board and associated trade groups committed to nutrition education.

The most widely consumed avocado variety, the Hass, traces its origins to a single tree discovered by Rudolph Hass, a Milwaukee mailman, which became the gold standard for post-harvest quality and now dominates global markets.

Illegally grafted Hass trees contributed to the widespread variety, with 95% of U.S. avocados tracing their lineage to this original tree.

The decade-old brand Avocados From Mexico® is the preferred avocado brand in the U.S., boasting significant growth and positive impact on stakeholders and consumers alike.

Retail studies indicate that frequent avocado buyers, known as Ultra shoppers, make the most repeat purchases and spend the most per trip across all channels.

Vegan restaurants and food retailers report high demand for avocados, reflected in their importance in modern diets and plant-based recipes.

While the avocado industry celebrates growth and trade, many growers struggle with oversupply, low prices, and the challenges of shifting consumer choices, highlighting economic pressures despite widespread popularity.

Global consumption of avocados has surged in recent years, making the fruit one of the world’s most popular and valued foods due to its health benefits and versatility.

Avocado’s appeal comes from its creamy texture, mild taste, high content of potassium, fiber, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin D, and folic acid, and its ability to aid cardiovascular health and provide sustained satiety.

Avocados are especially recommended for heart disease prevention, reducing bad cholesterol, supporting blood vessels, and maintaining stable blood sugar, with additional benefits for skin, hair, nails, and eye health.

Doctors often promote its consumption for weight loss and overall healthy eating, although some caution is advised regarding portion control and potential allergies.

There are dozens of avocado varieties, such as Hass and Fuerte, with specific ripeness criteria for consumption.

Rising global demand has led to a broadening of producing countries and increased exports, for example, Venezuela recently began exporting to Russia, showcasing the fruit’s growing international market presence.

However, Christian Aid's recent report highlights significant threats to avocado production, noting that climate change is expected to make the hot, drought-prone climates where avocados are grown less suitable by 2050, likely causing scarcity and surging prices.

This vulnerability is shared with other crops like coffee and cashews, with climate-induced shifts directly threatening economic stability for local farming communities.

Whilst the avocado boom brings economic benefits to producing nations through increased trade and the breaking of export blockades, environmental impacts are of growing concern.

Major issues associated with avocado production include deforestation, particularly in sensitive tropical areas, and high water consumption in regions already under water stress.

These environmental stresses can exacerbate local tensions, impact biodiversity, and threaten long-term sustainability of local livelihoods.

The future of avocado production will hinge on balancing economic growth from rising demand with urgent action to mitigate climate impacts, reduce environmental damage, and safeguard the wellbeing of producing communities.

Global demand for avocados has surged in recent years, transforming the fruit into a staple in many diets due to its health benefits, such as reducing cholesterol and high blood pressure and improving brain and eye function thanks to nutrients like lutein and healthy fats.

However, this popularity has led to harmful environmental effects in major producing countries, most notably Mexico, where Michoacán produces about 80% of the world’s avocados.

In Michoacán, avocado cultivation has depleted local water supplies, caused severe environmental damage, deforestation, soil erosion, and chemical contamination of water sources.

The lucrative nature of the avocado trade has also led to the emergence of criminal organizations and a so-called “avocado mafia” that controls production and distribution in some areas.

Recent research on tropical ecosystems, which comprise about 40% of global land area and house more than 3 billion people, confirms that avocado production—similar to other tropical crops like coffee and cashew—can have profound impacts on land use and local communities.

Many environmental changes relating to avocado cultivation, such as increased incidence of plant disease and ecosystem disruption, are expected to remain for the rest of this century, given the insufficient action on climate change.

The boom in global avocado consumption has brought economic opportunities to producing countries, but it has also strained natural resources, affected water availability for local communities, and contributed to social issues, including the influence of criminal groups on farming operations.

In Spain and other markets, avocados remain popular as both a healthy food and a versatile ingredient, attributed with benefits ranging from cancer prevention to support for reproductive health.

Despite these advantages, experts urge consumers to be aware of both the positive and negative impacts of avocado production, including high calorie content and the importance of balancing environmental concerns with health benefits.

In summary, while avocados offer notable health benefits, their rising demand has significant economic, social, and environmental impacts on producer countries, particularly in regions where water scarcity, deforestation, and organized crime have intensified alongside the avocado trade.

Avocado consumption has surged globally in recent years, making it one of the world’s most popular fruits due to its taste and versatility, and often being marketed as a “superfood.”
Rising environmental awareness has led some restaurants to replace avocados with less resource-intensive ingredients because of their high water requirements and significant carbon footprint during cultivation.

The cultivation of avocados, especially in major producer countries like Mexico, notably requires large amounts of water.

Michoacán, Mexico is a key growing region where avocados can be harvested up to four times a year due to its favorable climate, producing around 70% of Mexico’s avocados.

This region supplies most of its production to the United States, which consumes nearly half of the world's avocados.

The economic benefits from avocado production are considerable, with companies like Mission Produce reflecting attractive investment opportunities due to global demand.

However, avocado farming in Michoacán is linked to serious social concerns, including violence; criminal groups, such as Mexico’s powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), are active in the region and have recently been responsible for the deaths of two politicians on an avocado farm.

Local civic groups in Mexico warn that attacks by criminal groups may escalate, especially around local council elections and swearing-in events.

In response to environmental and legal concerns, Mexican authorities have pledged to crack down on the export of avocados grown on illegal farmland.

Environmentally, the rise of avocado farming has been linked to large-scale deforestation, including the loss of forests and evergreen woodlands.

Socially, the booming avocado industry has generated both positive economic impacts and significant negative effects on local communities, including criminal violence and land-use conflicts.

Avocados are also promoted for their nutritional content, including “good” unsaturated fats, but excessive consumption is cautioned against by dietitians, and they are increasingly viewed as a luxury or “status” food like chocolate or coffee in the past.

Growing popularity of organic avocados reflects broader consumer trends toward organic and premium food, with women particularly willing to pay more for such items.

Overall, while avocado farming brings economic benefits to producer countries, rising demand has contributed to environmental degradation, water scarcity, and serious social challenges, making it a controversial staple in the modern diet.

In recent years, the demand for avocados has surged, driven in part by population growth and increased popularity among younger demographics like Gen Z, particularly within the Hispanic community in the United States.

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Content: For foodies, workers, restaurant owners and investors on both sides of the Rio Grande border, Friday brought a sigh of relief after the United States lifted its temporary ban on imports of Mexican avocados.

The week-long pause — albeit a short one — had fueled concerns in the avocado industry, from the workers who pick the fruit in Mexico to consumers worrying about a potential shortage of a staple in the diets of many Americans.

Mexico supplies about 80 percent of the avocados eaten in the United States. The import ban — stemming from purported threats to a U.S. inspector in the Latin American country — shook a billion-dollar industry. Not only did the commotion showcase the law enforcement issues that growers are frequently subjected to in Mexico, but experts said it underscored the importance of one of the strongest and most successful bilateral trade agreements.

Before being smeared into toast or squashed into guacamole, the avocado’s life begins in an orchard in Michoacán — a western Mexican state over a thousand miles away from the border and the only one allowed to send over avocados to the United States. From a bright-green fruit hanging atop trees to its final stage inside American kitchens, the avocado’s journey from seed to food encompasses different phases of inspections and agreements between the two nations — which suddenly took a hit.

Last week, a plant safety inspector from the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service was inspecting avocados in Michoacán, when he saw some avocados that looked suspiciously like they came from another state, according to USDA and other industry experts. He raised a red flag and soon after, he received a voice-mail threat. Then the USDA announced it was shutting down imports until it could be assured its agents were safe.

The potential of an impending shortage quickly rippled across the industry — one that came shortly before the Super Bowl, one of the avocado’s biggest events. Soon, food establishments and groceries began worrying about keeping up with a demand that has exponentially increased throughout the past decade.

Prices for the fruit deemed “green gold” were already 100 percent higher than the previous year, said David Magaña, a senior analyst for RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness. But the year-long availability of avocados had also increased as well — indicating that a surge in demand can be attributed to different factors, he said.

For one, avocados, with their versatility and healthy fat attributes, became a food trend and Internet obsession. At the same time, the Hispanic population booms across the country — with a larger share of Latinos among Gen Z — have been “one of the major forces pulling the demand for avocados,” the analyst said.

But behind all those green juices and avocado Instagram-worthy photos is the partnership between Mexico and the United States — which has played a crucial role in enabling the market to expand.

In 1995 — a time when “fat-free” food staples ruled the market — the United States did not have much of a taste for avocados. The majority of the consumed fruit was produced in California. Avocado imports that year totaled $14.7 million, of which $700,000 came from Mexico, said David Orden, a professor in the department of agricultural and applied economics at Virginia Tech.

Mexico’s avocados had been banned in the decades before the North American Free Trade Agreement from 1994, Orden said — mostly out of a concern that weevils, scabs and other pests could enter U.S. orchards from imported products. The trade agreement opened the door for the incremental expansion of avocados.

In establishing a system in which U.S. inspectors verify that avocados are pest-free — from when they are growing in orchards to the moment they are packed into sealed trucks — Mexico has been allowed to ship its agricultural product. It started with an approved wintertime stock in Alaska back in the ’90s that has turned into a current year-long supply in all states.

“So that’s all very encouraging and great story about growth and trade agreements, and something the U.S. is trying to do in other countries as well,” Orden said.

The agreement has contributed to economic progress in both sides of the border. Last year, “the two-way food and agricultural trade reached $65 billion, including $2.8 billion in Mexican avocado exports to the United States,” U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said in a statement. In Michoacán, some 300,000 workers depend on the avocado industry — including those doing the picking, the packing and the transporting of the fruit.

But their livelihoods have been threatened by encumbering cartels, who see the booming industry as a golden hen for profit, Orden said.

“It has attracted the attention of these gangs in an area where the cartels are not under control,” he said. “That’s where this story takes on a shadier color. But that’s really a law enforcement issue, and one that affects all of our relationships with Mexico.”

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a statement that it had worked with the Mexican government and the Association of Avocado Exporting Producers and Packers of Mexico to enact “additional measures” to safeguard the safety of its inspectors.

While the agency did not disclose what such measures encompass, they served to avert what could have been a costly avocado crisis — one that would had impacted plenty, from those picking the fruit to those biting into their avocado toasts.

“With this we ensure the exportation of fruit and provide economic certainty to farmers and day laborers,” Michoacán Gov. Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla tweeted Friday.

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The U.S. recently lifted a temporary ban on Mexican avocado imports, providing relief for stakeholders in both countries as trade agreements support industry growth.

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Mexican avocado production is expected to decrease in the 2021-22 season, with exports to the U.S. forecasted at 1.04 million metric tons.

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Mexican avocado production to fall in 2021-22

Mexican avocado production is forecast to fall by eight percent year-on-year in the 2021-22 season, according to a USDA GAIN report.

The country is expected to produce 2.33 million metric tons (MMT) between July 2021 and June 2022, following a record volume year in the previous season.

"Growers state that they are expecting needed tree recovery after record productivity and production (especially in Michoacán) in the MY 2020/21 season," the report said.

"Additionally, insufficient rainfall and high temperatures are likely to reduce production and yields in non-Michoacan producing states."

Mexico is forecasted to export 1.33 MMT in 2021-22, eight percent lower than the previous season, on lower production. Exports to the U.S. are forecasted at 1.04 MMT.

Michoacán, the only state with phytosanitary approvals to export to the U.S. typically exports approximately 85 percent of production.

According to the USDA, profit margins for export to the U.S. are typically more than 50 percent higher than supplies sold to the domestic market. Michoacán also exported 22 percent greater volumes in 2020/21 than the previous MY to non-U.S. markets, on increased production. Canada, Japan, and Spain were the main destinations.

International demand for avocados from Mexico continues to increase, and producers without access to the U.S. market continue to seek international markets with higher profitability than the domestic market. Jalisco exported 26 percent more volume than the previous marketing year in 2020/21, mainly to Japan, Canada, France and Spain.

Planted and harvested areas are forecasted at 227,126 hectares (ha) and 225,910 ha respectively, with a national yield of 10.30 metric tons per hectare (MT/ha).

Harvest reaches peak from October to February, with average supply from March to May, and low season from June to September.

Annual per capita consumption is seven kilograms (approximately 15 pounds) per person. While a staple in Mexican cuisine, avocado consumption has not grown in recent years because of high prices driven by increased international demand.

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In Australia, a forecast abundance of avocados—22 per person this year—has led to supermarket prices dropping to $1 each, prompting farmers to encourage higher consumer intake to offset low returns.

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Creamy margaritas and globe-trotting guacs: 22 ways to eat through Australia’s avocado avalanche

Producers are predicting there will be 22 avocados grown for every person in Australia this year. Here’s how to try something new with each one

The avocado is no longer a signifier of brunching profligacy – Australia is harvesting a bumper crop.

According to the agribusiness bank Rabobank, production is up by 26% from last year as trees, primarily in Western Australia and Queensland, mature. The resulting abundance – 22 avocados are forecast to be grown for every Australian this year – has led to a drop in prices to $1 each at the supermarket and farmers are appealing to consumers to increase their avo intake.

Undoubtedly the most popular of all avocado dishes – and now part of the fabric and lore of Australian cuisine – is the smashed avocado. There are all kinds of variations (here is a version from Anna Jones), personalisations and opinions when it comes to avocado on toast but, in its purest form, it’s simply lightly crushed avocado seasoned with lemon, salt and pepper, then roughly piled on to a piece of thick-cut toast.

There was, of course, a time before smashing, when it was just “avocado” and was served on sandwiches. Maggie Beer’s “chook and avocado” serves up poached chicken on delicate white bread fingers, perfectly sized for afternoon tea.

Guacamole, originating from the central states of Mexico (the “mole” means sauce) is made from mashed ripe avocados, tomatoes, onions, coriander and green chilli, but google it and you’ll tumble down a seemingly bottomless pit of recipes.

Jack White, the frontman of the White Stripes, is apparently both a guacamole purist and a perfectionist, as evidenced by the inclusion of a very specific recipe in his backstage rider.

Nick Fitzgerald keeps his guacamole traditional, too, adding extra flavour by topping it with green salsa macha, a spicy oil originating in Veracruz and made from dried chillies, garlic, nuts and spices. It’s ideal, he says, for dipping tostadas, tortilla chips or chicharron – deep-fried pork crackling.

Casually crossing cultures, Yotam Ottolenghi infuses his guac with wasabi, an unusual addition, but a superb colour-matched heat swap for chilli. Jackie Middleton travels a similar geographical distance with her recipe for fish tacos with guacamole, featuring fish sauce and sumac.

Prawns are the protein of choice for Adrian Richardson’s tacos. His avocado and chilli salsa makes only a brief departure from Mexico to add a pinch of sesame seeds. Ottolenghi favours prawns too, in his playful homage to the retro classic avocado and prawns, spicing it up and serving it with a curried yoghurt in place of typical Marie Rose-type sauce.

Crab is a winsome partner for avocado too, and the availability of pre-picked sweet crabmeat makes a recipe like Warren Mendes’ crab and avocado dome an impressive return for investment.

This simple omelette from the Sydney Seafood School also features crab, served with an avocado salsa with the unusual addition of tarragon.

To serve up Italian-style sausages, Nigel Slater swaps potato for a lighter, spicier feta and avocado mash, suggesting exchanging the sausages for chorizo if you’re keen to turn up the heat. In another recipe he eschews meat for halloumi, breaded and deep-fried to golden, served with silky avocado blended, rather than mashed, with basil and olive oil for extra creaminess.

Unlikely sounding but vividly attractive, is Jamie Oliver’s avocado pastry quiche, another vegetarian-friendly recipe, which uses avocado to replace butter or oil in the dough, and adds a filling of puréed peas and cheese.

Cooked avocado has always been divisive. This baked recipe confidently fills halved avocados with quinoa, corn, feta, walnuts and cherry tomatoes before baking. Jones also roast avocados. After tossing them in lime and chilli, she coats them in breadcrumbs and serves them with slaw and charred salsa for build-your-own tortillas. And avocado chips, anyone? They’re baked not fried in this Spruce Eats recipe.

Virtue-signalling is the popular green smoothie, with avocado adding a deceptive creaminess. And, as the name in this “spinach smuggler” suggests, its flavour can also cover up less-palatable ingredients.

Sweets are another unexpected course the avocado has taken over the past decade, driven by vegans craving creaminess. This sleight of hand can fool even perennially suspicious offspring. A mousse recipe by Claire Ptak is particularly pleasing as it requires just two steps: blend everything in a food processor then chill in the fridge.

Doubling down on the key ingredient is Australian Avocados recipe for chocolate avocado brownie with avocado ice-cream.

Meera Sodha adds matcha (green tea powder) to her avocado ice-cream and makes it dairy-free by sweetening it with condensed coconut milk.

The avocado has even taken on the drinks cabinet, most notably in the form of a margarita pioneered by the Austin restaurant Curras more than 20 years ago. Just sip it slowly – or risk becoming an entirely different kind of smashed.

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Australian avocado growers have faced tough seasons, resulting in some turning to social media to sell their crops, and some expressing frustration when cheaper imported fruit takes precedence over local produce.

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Forks at the ready, avo fans – with the harvest just beginning, the fruit is already going cheap.

A scan of supermarket prices on Tuesday revealed avocados, harvested from August to February, were already selling for as little as 80 cents a pop.

A Countdown spokesperson said grower investment over the last couple of years meant it had a good supply of New Zealand-grown fruit.

“Over the last year, avocado sales have increased by more than 25%,” they said.

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Foodstuffs spokesperson Emma Wooster said more than 31 million avocados were sold in its New World, Pak ‘n Save and Four Square stores last year.

“We expect to see great value and availability on avocados continue as crops grow larger – great news as we know New Zealanders love some avo on their morning toast,” Wooster said.

NZ Avocado chief executive Jen Scoular said New Zealanders bought more than 80 million avocados last season, which was “a record, and a great one.”

“With increased prices for fruit and vegetables, and our new season crop available, it’s a great time for Kiwis to grab an extra couple of avocados in their weekly shopping and try avocados in new ways.”

But the bargain-basement prices come at a cost to avocado growers, who have already had a tough couple of years.

Repeated Covid-19 lockdowns, shipping problems and changing shopping habits had all impacted on growers’ ability to shift their produce.

On top of that, increased production in Australia, usually New Zealand’s biggest export market, resulted in an “avalanche” of avocados there last year.

The oversupply led to prices hitting a 15-year low of $1 each and a 76% slump in New Zealand’s exports across the Tasman.

Scoular said New Zealand produced about 1.5% of global avocado supply, and she believed demand in Asia could be “increased significantly with good investment in that market development.”

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Specialized intelligence company Avobook's week 29 report noted interesting movements in the global avocado market.

European avocado imports saw a 23% rise compared to the same week in 2023. Interestingly, the report points out that this has not induced a price reduction.

. The interesting thing, the report points out, is that this has not induced a price reduction.

Something different can be observed in China, where arrivals from Peru have decreased by more than half year-on-year. Peruvian supplies usually dominate the market at this time of the year.

In the case of the United States, Avobook explains that Mexican supplies account for 40% of the market, while California's account for 28%, and Peru's, 24%. The scenario in the U.S. market shows slightly lower prices than the previous week in all grades.

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The Global Avocado Summit, organized by the Chilean Avocado Committee and the Yentzen Group, will be held on November 21 at the Casino Monticello event center in Chile.

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Despite rising imports in some regions, the expected price reduction has not always occurred; in the U.S., avocado prices showed a slight decline across all grades recently.

Bargain prices—sometimes as low as 80 cents in early seasons—have come at a cost to growers already struggling with tough market conditions.

What crises have happened on the global avocado market in the recent years?

A new resource launched by national nutrition organizations highlights the role of avocados and other healthy foods in American diets, with the Hass Avocado Board and associated trade groups committed to nutrition education.

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"Consumers need convenient, affordable, nutrient-rich solutions for feeding themselves and their families," said Grain Foods Foundation Executive Director Erin Ball. "Most people love sandwiches, and there are unlimited combinations based on personal preferences. Better-built options are an ideal way to meet nutrition recommendations, particularly early in the new year, when people are making choices to reverse some of the excesses of the holiday season. A better-built sandwich is, not only delicious, but a logical vehicle for much needed nutrients (e.g., vitamins, minerals, and fiber) without too much sodium and saturated fats."

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The most widely consumed avocado variety, the Hass, traces its origins to a single tree discovered by Rudolph Hass, a Milwaukee mailman, which became the gold standard for post-harvest quality and now dominates global markets.

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95% of all avocados consumed in the U.S. and a majority of avocados consumed globally can be traced back to one tree planted by a Milwaukee native.
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MILWAUKEE — It's a played-out joke - millennials love avocado toast. I think we can all agree, avocado toast is delicious (this is coming from a millennial). Avocados have become ubiquitous in our diets whether it's in a spread, guacamole, or even in a smoothie. However, our obsession with avocados might not be the same had it not been for one man from Milwaukee who could be called the godfather of avocados.

Shockingly, 95% of all avocados consumed in the U.S. and a majority of avocados consumed globally can be traced back to one tree planted by a Milwaukee native. Introducing, Rudolph Hass.

He was born in Milwaukee in 1892. He moved to La Habra in Southern California in 1923. He became a mailman, but that's not what he would become famous for. In 1925, as people in the region were becoming more interested in subtropical fruits, Hass planted his famous avocado tree, according to Dr. Mary Lu Arpaia, the cooperative extension specialist and professor of extension of tropical horticulture at the University of California, Riverside. She has been studying avocados since 1983.

The Hass avocado is actually a lucky mistake. Hass tried grafting his tree with the dominant avocado strain at the time, the Fuerte. Grafting is a technique that joins two plants into one. Some of his trees took to grafting, but one didn't. He almost decided to chop that tree down, but instead, let it live. That one tree changed avocado history.

When Hass' tree finally bared fruit, people recognized that it had a richer taste and creamier texture. Once that was discovered people started wanting a piece of the Hass tree.

"People knew it was a very high eating quality fruit in fact from a post-harvest perspective it probably sets the gold standard," Dr. Arpaia said.

After shopping his avocados around, Hass knew he had something special on his hands. He got one of the first-ever fruit patents. Afterward, he struck a deal with a local nursery. The nursey would grow and sell the trees, and Hass would get a cut of the sales.

That would have worked well had it not been for people illegally circumventing the law. People illegally grafted the Hass tree they bought and planted groves of them. Due to that, Hass only made about $5,000 from his patent.

In 1945, an article by H.B. Griswold in the California Avocado Society said that the Hass avocado was superior because of its size, good shipping quality, and its growing season. In the same article, it said that the nursey sold 16,250 Hass avocado trees from 1936-1945.

However, it wasn't until the 1970's that the tree took off nationwide. Avocados we know today tend to ripen when they turn darker. Back in the middle of the 20th century, eating blackened fruit wasn't an attractive idea. However thanks to some clever marketing, the Hass avocado was pushed, and then it exploded into popularity, Dr. Arpaia said.

"It's the number one variety commercially worldwide," she said.

Hass avocados are grown and eaten in Chile, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Africa. They are the most common variety in the world. In fact, the world's largest producer of avocados, Mexico, sent 1.7 billion pounds of the fruit to the United States in 2017.

Today, you can't go to a restaurant without seeing avocados in at least one of the dishes. In Milwaukee, there is a food truck called Vocado MKE that exclusively sells avocado toast. At the Public Market in Milwaukee, the vegan restaurant On The Bus can barely keep up with demand.

"Yeah, we definitely sell at least 10 to probably around 50 sandwiches that include avocado," general manager Emily Schicker said.

So the next time you see an avocado in the grocery store or see guacamole on the menu, you can thank the Milwaukee native turned southern California mailman, Rudolph Hass.

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Illegally grafted Hass trees contributed to the widespread variety, with 95% of U.S. avocados tracing their lineage to this original tree.

The decade-old brand Avocados From Mexico® is the preferred avocado brand in the U.S., boasting significant growth and positive impact on stakeholders and consumers alike.

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The leading avocado brand in the U.S. shares its 10 biggest impacts from a decade of innovation in the produce industry

DALLAS, Oct. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- From making the U.S. the world's leader in avocado consumption, to creating an avocado brand in a brandless category and debuting the first-ever commercial about a fruit during the Big Game: Avocados From Mexico® has paved a fresh path in the produce marketing industry.

Avocados From Mexico, the #1 selling brand of avocados in the U.S., has spent ten years building a brand that is: always good, always good for you1, fun and delicious. With bold marketing that drives demand, strategic partnerships with CPG brands and a robust seasonal strategy all year, Avocados From Mexico has become known as a disruptive, world-class marketer and innovation powerhouse.

This October marks the 10th anniversary of Avocados From Mexico. While attending the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) trade show this week, Avocados From Mexico is celebrating this milestone, and the strategy that has defined the past decade of growth. The brand released its top 10 impacts since becoming a brand, along with an infographic that shares exactly what the brand has been cooking up for a decade and the results of some truly delicious innovations.

"This anniversary is a major milestone for Avocados From Mexico," said Avocados From Mexico President and CEO, Alvaro Luque. "We are celebrating 10 years of goodness, 10 years of growth, 10 years of driving demand for avocados in the U.S., 10 years of relentless passion for innovation, strong performance and fun. I'm so proud of all we have done, and I truly can't wait to see what we can accomplish next."

The fruits of the brand's decade of labor include:

  • Avocados From Mexico is the preferred brand of avocados in the U.S. The brand nearly tripled brand preference, reaching more than 50%.2
  • In 2015, the brand became the first produce brand to advertise during the Big Game, highlighting the synergy between avocados and football season.
  • In 2020, the brand was named one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators by FastCompany, and in 2021, was #1 in FastCompany's Most Innovative Companies in the world in the branding category.
  • The brand also more than doubled the U.S. avocado market; now eight out of 10 avocados in the U.S. come from Mexico.3
  • The brand created a win-win story between two countries. The U.S. economic output of imported avocados from Mexico has increased more than 500% and its U.S. GDP is up five times to more than $6.1B annually.4
  • Avocados From Mexico reinvented shopper marketing, achieving growth in household penetration by six million new households and 19% growth in purchase frequency.
  • The brand avo-educated U.S. foodservice operators and retailer partners through Avocado University, the 1st and only certified avocado education program.
  • Avocados From Mexico also freshened up menus with avocados, seeing 20% growth in foodservice market share and in menu penetration.5

"In ten years, Avocados From Mexico has become the top-selling, most recognized avocado brand in the U.S. and the most innovative company in produce marketing. I would like to thank our employees, growers, packers, importers and partners, who have laid the groundwork for our success and have built the path for the bright future ahead of us," said Luque.

For 10 years, Avocados From Mexico has built a platform on goodness. Goodness for consumers, by bringing more high-quality, nutritious avocados to their tables at home and in restaurants. Goodness for the retailers, by supporting them with innovative marketing and growing the market. Goodness for the environment by embedding sustainable practices into the avocado industry, and goodness with fun times. The brand is always good, for everyone the brand touches, for the first 10 years, and the next.

To learn more about Avocados From Mexico, visit https://avocadosfrommexico.com, Facebook (facebook.com/avocadosfrommexico), Instagram (@avocadosfrommexico) or Twitter (@AvosFromMexico).

About Avocados From Mexico
Avocados From Mexico is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mexican Hass Avocado Importers Association (MHAIA), formed for the purpose of advertising, promotion, public relations and research for all stakeholders of Avocados From Mexico. Under agreements, MHAIA and the Association of Avocado Exporting Producers & Packers of Mexico (APEAM) have combined resources to fund and manage Avocados From Mexico, with the intent to provide a focused, highly- effective and efficient marketing program in the United States. Avocados From Mexico is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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  1. Fresh avocados are a heart-healthy fruit. They provide naturally good fats and nearly 20 vitamins and minerals. Source: https://avocadosfrommexico.com/avocado-nutrition/
  2. Hall & Partners Brand Tracking
  3. Hass Avocado Board Volume Data
  4. Texas A&M: The Economic Benefits of U.S. Avocado Imports from Mexico, 2022 Update
  5. Technomic: Volumetric Study, Dec 2022

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How has avocado consumption changed in recent years?

Retail studies indicate that frequent avocado buyers, known as Ultra shoppers, make the most repeat purchases and spend the most per trip across all channels.

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HAB study reveals fastest growing retail channels for avocado purchases

A recent Hass Avocado Board (HAB) avocado channel segmentation study has revealed the fastest growing retail channels for avocado purchases.

As a companion piece to Rethinking Retail: Avocado Shopper Segmentation, released earlier this year, the research helps the industry understand key shopper segments better, by diving into the retail channels where shoppers purchase avocados, and outlines key purchase metrics within each retail outlet.

According to the study, which was based on household purchase data from the IRI Consumer Network, grocery claimed the majority of avocado purchases across all shopper segments in 2020, but lost dollar share to the internet and large format channels since 2017.

The Internet, Walmart, and Club channels contributed a combined $123.2 million in incremental avocado purchases, accounting for the majority of total net category growth from 2017-2020.

Moreover, the Internet channel emerged as the fastest growing channel for avocado shoppers over the past four years, showing growth of nearly 334 percent since 2017 for avocado purchases. This growth added $30.5 million in purchases to the category over the 3-year period.

Since 2017, the Internet channel has more than doubled its share of avocado purchases, driven by an 11 percent increase in annual household spend and a 30 percent increase in the number of avocado purchase trips.

Club Stores have the second highest share of avocado purchases at 14 percent, with the second highest growth rate at 26 percent since 2017. Club store purchases accounted for an additional $55.6 million for the category, making it the largest contributor of incremental purchases over the 3-year period.

In addition, Ultra shoppers were found to be more likely to purchase avocados across multiple retail outlets. The Ultra segment made up a smaller portion of avocado shoppers across all retail channels in 2020, yet these shoppers hold the largest share of avocado purchases in every channel.

Furthermore, the study concluded that Ultra shoppers are also more likely to make repeat purchases, make more purchase trips per year, and have the highest avocado spend per trip of any other segment across all channels. These higher purchase trends and the multi-channel shopping behavior of Ultra Shoppers is a key factor in the changing retail landscape.

In conclusion, the channel segmentation study highlights that the industry can leverage key shoppers in the internet channel, capitalize on opportunities to generate engagement in high-growth channels with Ultra shoppers, and create marketing and promotional opportunities that bring in shoppers and increase purchase frequency in each channel.

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While the avocado industry celebrates growth and trade, many growers struggle with oversupply, low prices, and the challenges of shifting consumer choices, highlighting economic pressures despite widespread popularity.

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Global consumption of avocados has surged in recent years, making the fruit one of the world’s most popular and valued foods due to its health benefits and versatility.

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Avocado is considered a component of healthy eating.
Its popularity is due to its rich creamy texture and mild taste.
There are dozens of varieties of fruit, varying in size, color and texture.
They all grow in tropical climates.
“Avocado is considered one of the most popular products due to its rich composition.
Its scientific name Persea americana in translation - "American Perseus".
In appearance, it resembles a nut, but in chemical composition it is more like a vegetable. ”
Benefits of Avocado
The caloric content of this fruit is 160 calories per 100 grams of product, with the average fruit without stone and peel weighing about 180-200 grams.
Avocado belongs to dietary products due to the fact that it contains unsaturated fatty acids or fatty acids.
Such a useful composition will help to balance the diet.
This fruit is perfect for dietary nutrition, reduces weight and cholesterol in the blood.
The main health benefits of avocado:
1.
Rich nutritional composition.
The fruit is an excellent source of monounsaturated fats, vitamin E and folic acid.
It also contains more soluble fiber than other fruits and a number of beneficial minerals, including iron, copper, and potassium.
2.
Protection against cardiovascular diseases.
There's a lot of fat in avocado.
60% of them are monounsaturated fats.
As studies show, they help prevent heart disease and lower blood pressure.
The fruit also contains a lot of potassium, folic acid and fiber, useful for the cardiovascular system.
3.
Lowering cholesterol levels.
The oils contained in avocado include oleic and linoleic acids.
These unsaturated fats help control cholesterol levels in the blood.
4.
Regulating appetite.
Despite the high calorie content of avocado, the fat and fiber content in the fruit causes a feeling of fullness, which helps regulate appetite.
Therefore, even a small portion of it will not allow you to overeat.
5.
Positive effects on eye health.
Avocados are a rich source of protective vitamin E, as well as carotenes that preserve eye health.
Harm of avocado
Some sensitive people may be allergic to avocados.
It may be caused by a cross-reaction to birch pollen.
In addition, the fruit contains a similar protein in the composition of latex, obtained from the juice of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.
This substance can also cause an undesirable reaction.
Avocados, as well as fruits including apples, peaches, raspberries and blueberries, contain natural chemicals called salicylates.
Some people are sensitive to these compounds.
An allergic reaction in this case is manifested by a skin rash and swelling.
It is also not recommended to abuse this fruit for people with excess body weight.
This is due to the high calorie content of avocado.
If you do not have any contraindications, then you should eat no more than two avocados per day of medium size.
Choice of avocado maturity
It is possible to determine the ideal degree of maturity of the avocado by the following features:
• The fruit must be firm.
If the fruit is hard, it means that it is immature, and too soft is overripe;
• the unripe fruit has a green peduncle, but in the overripe it is dark.
Ripe avocado has a light yellow tint;
• The color of the avocado peel varies depending on its variety.
For example, the "Haas" or "Hass" skin is dark brown or brown.
If it is green, it is immature.
But the ripe avocado of the Fuerte variety should, on the contrary, be bright green.
If this type of skin is brown, then, most likely, the fruit is spoiled.
Proper storage conditions
If the avocado is whole and unripe, then it is better to keep it in the refrigerator so that the fruits do not overripe.
In this form, they can be stored for up to two weeks.
Cut avocado is also best kept in the refrigerator.
To preserve the flesh so that it does not darken, there are two surefire ways:
• it is necessary to leave the stone in the avocado;
• You can lightly sprinkle the pulp of the fruit with vinegar or lemon juice, and then cover with cling film.
As practice shows, the fruit ripens within two to three days at room temperature, but in the refrigerator, a mature cut fruit is not recommended to store more than five days.
How to determine that the avocado has spoiled
Signs indicating that the fruit can no longer be eaten:
• loose flesh;
• dark spots on the peel of the fruit;
• a specific and unpleasant smell;
• bitter or sour taste;
• dark veins in the cut fruit;
• mold of white or gray color.
Spoiled avocado in any case should not be eaten, as it can cause food poisoning.
This may indicate nausea and vomiting, pain and discomfort in the abdomen, increased body temperature, diarrhea, lethargy.
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How has avocado consumption changed in recent years?

Avocado’s appeal comes from its creamy texture, mild taste, high content of potassium, fiber, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin D, and folic acid, and its ability to aid cardiovascular health and provide sustained satiety.

Avocados are especially recommended for heart disease prevention, reducing bad cholesterol, supporting blood vessels, and maintaining stable blood sugar, with additional benefits for skin, hair, nails, and eye health.

Doctors often promote its consumption for weight loss and overall healthy eating, although some caution is advised regarding portion control and potential allergies.

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This fruit has a number of useful properties
Doctor of medical Sciences Laura Burak told the publication “Eat This, Not That ”, why losing weight should add avocado to your diet.
Avocado is a great addition to the diet for weight loss.
This fruit is considered a source of omega-3 fats and fiber.
The combination of these two substances helps stabilize blood sugar levels, slow digestion and prevent unhealthy cravings.
In general, avocado satiates for a long time.
According to an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (2001 – 2012), people who ate avocados had lower body weight and a thinner waist than those who did not eat the fruit.
Another study found that when overweight adults ate half an avocado during lunch, they did not feel as hungry as before five hours later.
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There are dozens of avocado varieties, such as Hass and Fuerte, with specific ripeness criteria for consumption.

Rising global demand has led to a broadening of producing countries and increased exports, for example, Venezuela recently began exporting to Russia, showcasing the fruit’s growing international market presence.

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The first batch of five tons of Venezuelan avocado was sent to Russia, reports the TV channel Venezolana de Televisión, referring to the representative of the local export company Carribean Plus Radames Silva.
“In this way, we demonstrated to the world that we are overcoming the barriers that other countries are building against us through their economic blockade, ” he said.
He added that they also demonstrate that it is possible to break such a blockade and that it is necessary to believe in Venezuela and its producers.
According to the entrepreneur, the Eurasian export direction is a priority for Venezuelan avocado producers.
He said that their manufacturers have ties with the Russian company, which about six months ago were sent samples that showed the Russian business the Venezuelan quality of the product.
Earlier, the White House said that the United States is ready to gradually lift sanctions against Venezuela.
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What are the positive effects of the global demand for avocados on the countries and regions that produce and export them?

However, Christian Aid's recent report highlights significant threats to avocado production, noting that climate change is expected to make the hot, drought-prone climates where avocados are grown less suitable by 2050, likely causing scarcity and surging prices.

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Researchers have found that the amount of one of the most popular fruits on the planet could be significantly reduced by the middle of the century.
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Scientists believe that by the middle of the century in the best regions of the world, the growth of the avocado harvest can be reduced by an incredible 41%, writes the Daily Mail.
Avocado is a superproduct, but is also known for its environmental impact due to the need for plenty of water during growth.
As a result, the cultivation of the fruit was threatened in the climate crisis due to climate change, which hit our planet.
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Scientists predict that by 2050, the amount of the crop could be reduced by more than 40% due to the vulnerability of the fruit in a hotter, drier and more prone to drought world.
This is stated in a new report by the London-based charity Christian Aid.
According to Mariana Paoli, head of global advocacy at Christian Aid, avocado may be a superfood, but its kryptonite is climate change.
This fruit is one of the most popular and useful in the world, but it is not suitable for a hot and drought-prone climate.
Alas, this climate is exactly where we are heading in the climate crisis.
Note that avocado is nutritious, contains useful fats, vitamins and minerals necessary for human health.
The fruit also contains a large amount of fiber and vitamins, and therefore is often considered as the main source of nutrition.
Moreover, today scientists are actively studying avocados for potential activity against diseases, including cancer.
However, scientists recognize that if humanity fails to stop or slow down climate change, the planet will experience periods of prolonged heat.
In this case, it will be difficult for the trees to grow and tie the fruits.
As a result, the world will lose almost half of today ’ s avocado crop.
In addition, some of the world ’ s most productive avocado regions will shrink simply because the land will become too arid.
The study also says that avocados are not the only product that will suffer as a result of climate change.
The authors of the report also argue that products such as coffee and cashews will be in a vulnerable position.
According to the report, by the middle of the century, the area suitable for growing avocados will be reduced by 14-41% worldwide.
At the same time, a key region in the world in Mexico could lose 59% of the land suitable for growing avocados, even if the global average temperature remains below 2 ° C compared to pre-industrial levels.
Previously, Focus wrote that the superfood of tomorrow can be a very poisonous plant.

This vulnerability is shared with other crops like coffee and cashews, with climate-induced shifts directly threatening economic stability for local farming communities.

Whilst the avocado boom brings economic benefits to producing nations through increased trade and the breaking of export blockades, environmental impacts are of growing concern.

What are the positive effects of the global demand for avocados on the countries and regions that produce and export them?

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the environment?

Major issues associated with avocado production include deforestation, particularly in sensitive tropical areas, and high water consumption in regions already under water stress.

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the environment?

These environmental stresses can exacerbate local tensions, impact biodiversity, and threaten long-term sustainability of local livelihoods.

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the social structure and the economy of the countries that produce them?

The future of avocado production will hinge on balancing economic growth from rising demand with urgent action to mitigate climate impacts, reduce environmental damage, and safeguard the wellbeing of producing communities.

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the social structure and the economy of the countries that produce them?

What strategies can make global avocado trade more ethical?

Global demand for avocados has surged in recent years, transforming the fruit into a staple in many diets due to its health benefits, such as reducing cholesterol and high blood pressure and improving brain and eye function thanks to nutrients like lutein and healthy fats.

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Avocados offer many health benefits for women, from supporting fertility and hormone balance to promoting overall health. Abundant essential nutrients and healthy fats provide culinary pleasure and health-promoting properties. By incorporating avocados into regular meals, women can improve their nutritional intake and support their journey towards optimal health and vitality.
Avocado offers many health benefits, it is full of essential nutrients, a rich source of vitamins C, E, K, B6, riboflavin, niacin, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium and potassium, it also provides lutein, beta-carotene and omega-3 fatty acids, making it a nutritional strength that contributes to overall health.
Avocado and high concentration of healthy fats
These fats in avocados play a crucial role in slowing the decomposition of carbohydrates, which can help regulate blood sugar levels, and this makes them particularly useful for people with diabetes or those who aim to maintain stable energy levels throughout the day.
Avocado for Reproductive Health and Fertility
Avocados can support weight management efforts because of their nutritional density and ability to promote satiety, indirectly boosting fertility outcomes, in addition, research suggests that incorporating avocados into the daily diet may improve uterine receptivity, which may increase the likelihood of a successful pregnancy.
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Furthermore, avocados contribute to the overall hormonal balance and may alleviate PMS related symptoms, such as bloating and mood swings, their vitamin E content is particularly beneficial for skin health, promotes radiant skin and reduces the appearance of aging.
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However, this popularity has led to harmful environmental effects in major producing countries, most notably Mexico, where Michoacán produces about 80% of the world’s avocados.

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In the Mexican state of Michoacán, which produces about 80% of the world ’ s avocado, avocado cultivation has depleted local water supplies and caused severe environmental damage, with studies showing that avocado cultivation has led to deforestation, soil erosion and chemical contamination of water sources.
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In recent years, the avocado industry has become a staple in many diets around the world, and its popularity has increased greatly due to the multiple health benefits.
However, the demand for this fruit has led to harmful environmental effects and the emergence of a mafia that controls the production and distribution of avocados in some countries.
A Chilean study published recently said that avocado cultivation has caused severe water shortages, as well as in Peru, where large farmers have dominated the avocado market since the 1990s, where cultivation requires huge amounts of water, the production of one kilogram of avocado, consumes about 1,000 liters of water, much more than other crops such as tomatoes or oranges.
According to a report by the Water Footprint Network, the production of one kilogram of tomatoes requires about 300 liters of water, and the high water use of avocado production has led to water scarcity and depletion of aquifers in some areas.
In the Mexican state of Michoacán, which produces about 80% of the world ’ s avocado, avocado cultivation has depleted local water supplies and caused severe environmental damage, with studies showing that avocado cultivation has led to deforestation, soil erosion and chemical contamination of water sources.
According to the report, moving avocados from the production site to the market also has a significant impact on the climate, as avocados are grown mainly in developing countries, and are exported to developed countries such as the United States, Europe and Japan, and the transport of avocados over long distances contributes to greenhouse gas emissions harmful to the environment. Approximately 5.4 kg of carbon dioxide emissions per kg of avocado.
Avocado production has also led to the emergence of a mafia that controls the production and distribution of avocados in some countries, where the avocado mafia operates mainly in Mexico, where it controls the production and export of avocados, and this mafia, according to media reports, consists of criminal organizations that use violence and intimidation to control the production and distribution of avocados, and often extort money from farmers. The avocado mafia uses violence to eliminate competitors and dominate the export market, as studies have shown that these gangs are responsible for deforestation, land grabbing and violence against indigenous communities in Mexico.
According to dozens of studies published in recent years, avocado cultivation also has negative effects on local communities. In some areas, demand for avocados has led to land grabbing, community displacement, labor exploitation, and avocado cultivation in the Mexican state of Michoacán has led to the displacement of indigenous communities and the exploitation of often paid migrant workers. Some studies have shown that the expansion of avocado cultivation has displaced traditional crops, leading to food insecurity and loss of biodiversity.
According to the study, governments around the world can take various measures to mitigate the impact of this agriculture on the climate, and one way is to promote sustainable avocado farming practices that reduce water use and reduce the use of chemicals. Protect the environment, provide financial incentives to farmers and enact laws that will deter illegal and criminal practices in these countries.

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In Michoacán, avocado cultivation has depleted local water supplies, caused severe environmental damage, deforestation, soil erosion, and chemical contamination of water sources.

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the environment?

The lucrative nature of the avocado trade has also led to the emergence of criminal organizations and a so-called “avocado mafia” that controls production and distribution in some areas.

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the social structure and the economy of the countries that produce them?

Recent research on tropical ecosystems, which comprise about 40% of global land area and house more than 3 billion people, confirms that avocado production—similar to other tropical crops like coffee and cashew—can have profound impacts on land use and local communities.

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the environment?

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the social structure and the economy of the countries that produce them?

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Many environmental changes relating to avocado cultivation, such as increased incidence of plant disease and ecosystem disruption, are expected to remain for the rest of this century, given the insufficient action on climate change.

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The world could lose half of the best coffee-growing land under a moderate climate change scenario.
Brazil, which is currently the world ’ s largest coffee producer, will see a 79% reduction in the most suitable coffee-growing land.
This is one of the key findings of a new study by scientists in Switzerland, who assessed the potential impacts of climate change on coffee, cashews and avocados.
These three crops are important globally traded crops produced mainly by smallholder farmers in the tropics.
Coffee is by far the most important with expected revenues of $460 billion (£344 billion) in 2022, while avocado and cashew figures are $13 billion and $6 billion respectively.
While coffee mainly acts as a stimulating drink, avocado and cashew nuts are widely consumed food crops and are rich in monounsaturated vegetable oils and other beneficial nutrients.
The main message of the new study is that projected climate changes are likely to lead to significant reductions in the amount of land suitable for growing these crops in some of the key areas where they are currently grown.
This in turn can affect both farmers and consumers around the world.
So far, most research on the future impacts of climate change on food has focused on staple crops such as wheat, maize, potatoes and oilseeds grown in temperate regions.
This reflected a tendency for climate scientists to focus on the potentially severe impacts of climate change on temperate ecosystems, particularly due to changing temperatures and rainfall patterns.
In contrast, there has been little work on tropical ecosystems that make up about 40% of the global land area where more than 3 billion people live, with up to 1 billion more expected to do so by the 1950s.
The tropics also maintain vast reservoirs of biodiversity, as well as areas for growing many important crops that provide income and food for their human populations.
The new research confirms and significantly expands the findings from the relatively small number of current studies on coffee, cashew and avocado crops.
An important innovation in the study is to examine land and soil parameters as well as purely climatic factors such as temperature and precipitation patterns.
This enables them to provide a more accurate view of future impacts that may significantly alter the suitability of some tropical regions to grow particular crops due to changes in factors such as soil pH or texture.
The new study complements other recent research into palm oil.
Although controversial and often linked to deforestation, palm oil remains one of the most important tropical crops in terms of human nutrition, helping to feed more than 3 billion people.
Dennis J. Murphy, professor of biotechnology and head of genomics and computational biology research at the University of South Wales, and colleagues recently reviewed several modeling analyses of how climate change affects the overall incidence of disease and death in oil palm.
The firm conclusion was that the rate of tree death is likely to increase significantly after 2050, potentially eliminating many crops in the Americas.
In addition, the incidence of major leg rot disease is expected to increase significantly across Southeast Asia.
Collectively, these studies are beginning to reveal the astonishing extent and complexity of climate change impacts and associated factors on some of the most growing crops in the tropics.
More importantly, impacts will not be evenly distributed and some regions may benefit from climate change.
For example, parts of China, Argentina and the United States are likely to become more suitable for coffee cultivation just as the likes of Brazil and Colombia see their land becoming less suitable.
Many of these changes are likely to be “locked in ” for at least the rest of this century, regardless of the slow and disappointing response of world leaders in terms of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Therefore, it will be necessary for us to adapt to the changes taking place in the tropics, for example by shifting the cultivation of certain crops to different regions where the climate impacts will be more moderate.
However, it seems likely that whatever mitigation measures are adopted, many tropical crops will become scarcer and therefore more expensive in the future.
As far as coffee is concerned, you may even go from a common daily drink to a precious drink tasted by the elite on special occasions.
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The boom in global avocado consumption has brought economic opportunities to producing countries, but it has also strained natural resources, affected water availability for local communities, and contributed to social issues, including the influence of criminal groups on farming operations.

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What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the social structure and the economy of the countries that produce them?

In Spain and other markets, avocados remain popular as both a healthy food and a versatile ingredient, attributed with benefits ranging from cancer prevention to support for reproductive health.

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Avocado is a tree with small leaves whose fruit tends to be green and is also a plant belonging to the Laurel family and may be native to tropical America.
Avocado Benefits
It has many benefits, including.
• Works to lose weight or gain weight.
• It works to reduce the level of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.
• Works to improve and maintain the skin.
• It works to combat cancer diseases.
• Promotes cardiovascular health.
• It regulates the heartbeat.
• It reduces high blood pressure.
• Works to improve the digestion process.
• Protects the body from toxins.
• Reduces the chances of infection.
• Reduces the incidence of depressive diseases.
• Activates the liver.
• Restores the cells.
• Helps calm nerves.
• Relieves symptoms of stress.
Vitamins Contained in Avocado
Avocado may contain many vitamins, including vitamin C, vitamin B6, vitamin E and vitamin E, as well as folic acid and potassium in large quantities and may contain iron, copper, zinc, magnesium, manganese and phosphorus but in small quantities.
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Despite these advantages, experts urge consumers to be aware of both the positive and negative impacts of avocado production, including high calorie content and the importance of balancing environmental concerns with health benefits.

In summary, while avocados offer notable health benefits, their rising demand has significant economic, social, and environmental impacts on producer countries, particularly in regions where water scarcity, deforestation, and organized crime have intensified alongside the avocado trade.

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Avocado consumption has surged globally in recent years, making it one of the world’s most popular fruits due to its taste and versatility, and often being marketed as a “superfood.”
Rising environmental awareness has led some restaurants to replace avocados with less resource-intensive ingredients because of their high water requirements and significant carbon footprint during cultivation.

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Content: "Superfood" avocado has become one of the most popular fruits in the world due to its dense taste and wide use, but environmental awareness has risen in recent years, and due to the need for water and high carbon footprint during cultivation, some restaurants around the world have resisted avocado, replacing the ingredients used in dishes with other fruits and vegetables.
According to the Guardian and The Hill, growing avocados requires a lot of water. According to DanWatch, an independent Danish investigative media, it takes an average of 320 litres of water to grow one avocados.
In addition, thanks to the popularity of avocados around the world, the international transportation of avocados after harvest has further boosted the carbon footprint, which is estimated by Carbon Footprint Ltd to be nearly 850 grams for two avocados commonly found on supermarket shelves.
The main production area of avocado is in Central and South America, but because it is popular with North American and European consumers, the avocado has to be transported across continents when it grows.
Because the journey is too long, farmers often pick the avocado before it is ripe, and it is necessary to use temperature-controlled containers to transport the avocado, all of which push up the avocado ’ s carbon footprint.
In addition, the price of avocado has been soaring in recent years, according to Business Insider, by 2019, the Hass avocado produced in California has risen to $2.1 (about NT $58).
In recent years, the price of avocado has risen, and the cost of its cultivation and transportation has been inextricably linked, and California's casepear production has been severely affected by drought and wildfires in recent years.
Growing and distributing avocados also requires a lot of labor, and the avocados need to be transported to the ripening center first after picking them first, and then to the sales sites after adding ethylene.
Thomasina Miers, founder of the British Mexican restaurant chain, pointed out that today's strong demand for avocado around the world has caused the price of avocado to soar to the point that indigenous people in the region cannot afford it.
Realizing the environmental impact of avocados, restaurants around the world are beginning to resist them. Myers says his restaurant has replaced the cornflake sauce “avocados ” with beans, green peppers, lime, parsley, etc.
Canadian Mexican chef Aldo Camarena also introduced dipping sauces made with pumpkin seeds and tomatoes, while Irish restaurant owner JP McMahon removed the avocado from the menu, calling it “Mexico ’ s blood diamond. ”
Chefs declare war on a trendy fruit because of its enormous carbon footprint
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The cultivation of avocados, especially in major producer countries like Mexico, notably requires large amounts of water.

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the environment?

Michoacán, Mexico is a key growing region where avocados can be harvested up to four times a year due to its favorable climate, producing around 70% of Mexico’s avocados.

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In one day, two politicians were killed in a Mexican avocado.
In one day, two politicians were killed in a Mexican avocado.
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On the 26th, in the high-income avocado (Avocado • avocado), the world's largest producer of avocado, in Maravatio, Michoacán state, southeast Mexico, two candidates for mayor were shot dead.
Avocado is a healthy super food, especially in developed countries such as the United States.
However, in the local area of Mexico, various criminal forces around the control of circulation is very fierce, resulting in frequent violence.
According to local media reports such as "El Universal", on the afternoon of the 26th, in the center of Malabatio, Miguel Angel Reyes, the candidate for mayor and current doctor of the ruling party Morena (Morena), was shot dead by unknown persons on the way to the car.
On the same night, Armando Pérez Runa, a candidate for mayor of the opposition National Action Party (PAN), was also shot dead.
Authorities speculate that this is a crime committed by forces trying to influence the elections in the run-up to June 2, when the elections, parliamentary elections and local council elections are held simultaneously.
Michoacán is known as a region where various criminal organizations are active, such as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Mexico ’ s most powerful criminal organization.
Conflicts of interest between organizations have been fraught.
Last year, the number of attacks against politicians and government associates (Michoacán) ranked fifth out of all 32 states.
At the same time, in Michoacán, avocados can be harvested four times a year, based on the mild climate, etc.
About 70% of Mexico ’ s avocado production comes from this region.
Most of this is exported to the United States, which accounts for almost half of world demand.
According to statistics from professional statistics website Statista, the per capita avocado consumption in the United States in 2022 is about 4.2 kg, an increase of about four times over 20 years ago.
With the increasing profitability of avocado cultivation, many criminal organizations vie for circulation rights.
Civic Data, a local civic group, fears that attacks by various criminal groups may reach the worst levels in history when local councils are sworn in and elections are held this year.
Illegal cultivation of avocado cultivation is also high. At least 300 square kilometers of forest have been turned into avocado plantations in 2018-2023.
In response, the authorities recently said that they will prevent the export of avocados grown on illegal farmland.
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This region supplies most of its production to the United States, which consumes nearly half of the world's avocados.

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Two politicians killed in one day at a Mexican avocado farm
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On the 26th, two mayoral candidates were shot and killed in Maravatio, Michoacan state in southeastern Mexico, the world ’ s largest producer of avocado avocado, known as “green gold. ”
Avocado is a healthy superfood, especially popular in developed countries such as the United States.
However, in Mexico, the fight between various criminal forces around the control of circulation is very fierce, resulting in frequent violence.
According to local media reports such as "El Universal", on the afternoon of the 26th, in the center of Marabatio, Miguel Angel Reyes, the candidate for mayor of the ruling party Morena (Morena) and the current doctor, was shot and killed by unknown persons on the way to his car.
The same night, Almando Pérez Runa, a candidate for mayor of the opposition National Action Party (PAN), was also shot and killed.
Authorities speculate that this is a crime committed by forces trying to influence the elections in the run-up to June 2, when general elections, parliamentary elections and local council elections are held simultaneously.
Michoacán is known as a region where various criminal organizations are active, such as the Jalisco de la Cartel (CJNG), Mexico ’ s most powerful criminal organization.
The struggle for the interests of the organization has been painful.
Last year, Michoacan ranked fifth out of 32 states for attacks on politicians and government associates.
Meanwhile, in Michoacán, avocados can be harvested four times a year due to the mild climate, etc.
About 70% of Mexico ’ s avocado production comes from this region.
Most of this is exported to the United States, which accounts for almost half of the world ’ s demand.
According to professional statistics website Statista, the average avocado consumption in the United States in 2022 was about 4.2kg, an increase of about four times over 20 years ago.
With the increasing profitability of avocado cultivation, many criminal organizations have scrambled for circulation rights.
Civic Data, a local civic group, is concerned that attacks by various criminal organizations may reach the worst levels in history when local councils are sworn in and elections are held this year.
The illegal cultivation of avocado is also very serious. In 2018-2023, at least 300 square kilometers of forest have been converted into avocado plantations.
In response, authorities recently said they would block the export of avocados grown on illegal arable land.
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The economic benefits from avocado production are considerable, with companies like Mission Produce reflecting attractive investment opportunities due to global demand.

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For those looking to add a little “healthy fat ” to their portfolio, Mission Produce seems like a good option, with the company offering a rare target for simply betting on avocados.
Millennials who chew avocado toast may not be able to afford a house, but they might be able to invest in a company that sells avocados on the stock market.
California-based Mission Produce (AVO), which landed on NASDAQ last October, offers a rare target for a simple avocado bet.
The company buys avocados primarily from growers in Mexico, California and Peru for packaging and distribution. Mission also has its own growing operations in Peru, Guatemala and Colombia, with output accounting for about 11% of Mission ’ s 2019 avocados sales.
Avocados are rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, which can fight "bad cholesterol".
Driven by health trends and the high popularity of Mexican cuisine, per capita avocado consumption in the United States rose from 3.2 pounds in 2015 to 8.5 pounds in 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Consumption declined in 2020, possibly because the coronavirus epidemic weakened demand from restaurants.
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How has avocado consumption changed in recent years?

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However, avocado farming in Michoacán is linked to serious social concerns, including violence; criminal groups, such as Mexico’s powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), are active in the region and have recently been responsible for the deaths of two politicians on an avocado farm.

What illegal activities have surfaced in avocado trade in recent years?

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the social structure and the economy of the countries that produce them?

increased criminal activity
political tension

Local civic groups in Mexico warn that attacks by criminal groups may escalate, especially around local council elections and swearing-in events.

In response to environmental and legal concerns, Mexican authorities have pledged to crack down on the export of avocados grown on illegal farmland.

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the social structure and the economy of the countries that produce them?

increased criminal activity
land grabbing

Environmentally, the rise of avocado farming has been linked to large-scale deforestation, including the loss of forests and evergreen woodlands.

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Drug lord avocado rises in Mexico, superfood wreaks ecological havoc
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As a superfood, avocado has gained a lot of attention in recent years, and many cafes and restaurants have taken advantage of this trend, launching avocado meals and beverages. However, as the demand for avocado has increased, the cultivation of agricultural land has also expanded, which has caused ecological havoc in Mexico, the country of origin, and the rise of "avocado criminal organizations."
Avocado is native to Central America, Mexico and Peru, with Mexico ’ s largest producing region located in the southern state of Michoacán, producing 70% of the country ’ s avocado, and the neighboring state of Jalisco, producing about 11% of the country ’ s avocado. As demand for avocado grows, the cultivation of avocado spreads to other states, including Colima. and Chiapas.
However, this wave of expansion of the avocado garden has not been carefully evaluated, but under the guidance of local criminal organizations, with almost brutal methods of deforestation, the local preservation of the original forest has been completely destroyed.
According to the conservation news website Mongabay, one tree in Jalisco is illegally cut down every 75 seconds to be converted into a casserole garden, with around 1,100 trees disappearing every day.
The study found that in 2010, Jalisco ’ s avocado garden was about 0.84 million hectares, but by 2021, it has reached 27.8 million hectares, more than tripled, and nearly half of the state ’ s 56,000 hectares of agricultural land has been used to grow avocado; and correspondingly, deforestation has accelerated since 2019, at least 0.51 million hectares of woodland has become avocado, resulting in pristine acorn. A large number of forests and evergreen forests have disappeared.
Under the avocado craze, criminal organizations also sniffed business opportunities, and the notorious Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes extended his reach into the field, and his Jalisco New Generation Cartel acquired the land of local residents and transplanted the avocado to obtain huge amounts. Profit.
Locals point out that not only private land, but also protected woodlands that require official permission to convert to other crops, and that even if people report to the government that these organizations have substantial control over these areas, they end up sinking into the sea, with the result of course more virgin forest areas being destroyed.
In addition, compared to the original forest, planting avocado requires a lot of water, so after the new avocado garden is planted, it is necessary to build a large water storage tank to reserve irrigation water, which reduces the function of rainwater infiltration and local water collection.
Mexico is not a country with abundant water resources. As the number of avocado trees continues to increase, it will undoubtedly worsen the local water shortage and exacerbate political tensions.
On the other hand, there are also locals who try to coexist with the original ecology and introduce more eco-friendly avocados.
Javier Magaña Cárdenas, a avocado farmer who has long maintained the forest and helped restore the trees, said the authorities should establish a system to help identify and verify the provenance of avocados and ensure that illegal avocados are eliminated by consumers.
Already, many smallholder farmers have partnered with the Rainforest Alliance, a non-governmental organization, and around 1,500 hectares of avocado gardens in Jalisco have been certified for sustainable agriculture.
Sergio Graf Montero, head of the Jalisco Ministry of Environment and Territorial Development (SEMADET), said that as long as the demand for non-destructive avocados in the market rises, farmers will naturally choose such methods, and it is still consumers who determine the future of the ecology.
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Socially, the booming avocado industry has generated both positive economic impacts and significant negative effects on local communities, including criminal violence and land-use conflicts.

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the social structure and the economy of the countries that produce them?

increased criminal activity
displacement of local communities
land grabbing

Avocados are also promoted for their nutritional content, including “good” unsaturated fats, but excessive consumption is cautioned against by dietitians, and they are increasingly viewed as a luxury or “status” food like chocolate or coffee in the past.

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When the avocado is cut open, it is easy to be oxidized and blackened in the air. To resist the oxidation of the avocado, prepare a plate of water just like the handling of eggplant, potato and lotus root.
Avocado Nutrition
Avocado is rich in fat, smooth in taste, rich in nutrients such as unsaturated fatty acids, dietary fiber and potassium, which help maintain intestinal and cardiovascular health, and help prevent and improve high blood pressure, which has many health benefits.
Senior dietitian Pan Huide pointed out that an average size avocado has about 320 kcal of calories, 29 grams of total fat (about 2 tablespoons of oil), of which 20 grams are unsaturated fatty acids, which means "good fat", but it does not mean that you can eat a lot.
If you follow a low-fat diet, each person will eat two tablespoons of oil per day, and half of avocado will be close to 1 tablespoon of oil.
If you want to slim down by avocado, if you eat one avocado a day, the rest of the diet will almost have zero oil.
A regular size avocado has about 320 kcal of calories, and half an avocado has about 1 tbsp of oil. (Gil Ndjouwou / Unsplash)
Avocado Antioxidant Method
Eat half an avocado, the other half exposed to air, very susceptible to oxidation and blackening, avocado cells contain polyphenol oxidase (Polyphenol oxidase), when in contact with oxygen in the air, there is an oxidation reaction, and then like rust, form a tea-brown pigment. There are several ways to prevent avocado blackening, including putting avocados and onions together. Store in a sealed food box. After three days, it is greener than the onion that is not placed with the onion.
As Quercetin in onions has an antioxidant effect, it can slow down the blackening of avocado meat.
Half of the avocado leaves with onion (left) and no onion (right). (Photo)
According to the British Post, more than a million netizens have recently followed and shared on social media a clever way to prevent avocados from blackening - water immersion, but avocados may have known about this method long ago, only recently it has been hot on foreign websites.
However, I do not know if people who have tried this method will still want to eat that side of avocado.
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Some netizens left a message, and found that the avocado was soaked in water for more than 24 hours, and the texture began to become moist and sticky, and it had lost the original flavor of eating avocado.
It is better to have a little brown, at least to enjoy the original avocado, once immersed in water, it is not like avocado.
Some netizens leave a message, soak the avocado for more than 24 hours, and qualitatively start to get a little brown, and enjoy the original avocado. (screenshot of whole30 IG)
In recent years, in the wake of the healthy eating trend, in addition to the rising demand for personal avocado, it has also become a common ingredient in many restaurants.
According to the Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Mexico ’ s share of global avocado exports is expected to reach 63% by 2030, and its production is expected to grow at a rate of 5.2% per year over the next decade.
In the United States alone, the per capita consumption of avocados has risen by 406% between 1990 and 2017, and there is also a huge demand for avocados in China and Europe.
Avocado has become a lucrative export commodity due to high demand, providing Kenyan farmers with a better and more stable income than growing coffee beans. Avocado has become the “green gold ” of many African countries.
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Growing popularity of organic avocados reflects broader consumer trends toward organic and premium food, with women particularly willing to pay more for such items.

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The Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre released the results of the “Hong Kong Consumer Buying Organic Products Research ” 2021 survey, which showed that 74.5% of the respondents had purchased organic food in the past year, a record high; the purchase ratio also increased by 11.2 percentage points from 63.3% last year.
The survey was conducted from 4 to 30 June. The respondents were all Hong Kong citizens aged 18 and above who had visited markets, supermarkets and other markets on average every week in the past year. A total of 811 participants took part in the survey.
The purchase rate of organic food has increased significantly, but the total consumption of organic products in Hong Kong has risen from $7.6 billion in 2020 to $7.7 billion in 2021, of which only increased by $150,000.
Wong Woon-chung, Director of the Hong Kong Organic Resources Centre, said that the total consumption reflected Hong Kong ’ s poor economy under the epidemic, but he believed that the economy was beginning to recover and that with the stimulus of consumption vouchers, the amount of consumption in the organic market would still increase as long as the epidemic was not severe.
Women are more likely to pay more for organic food
In terms of organic consumption, the proportion of men who said they would buy organic food rose from 34.2% in 2020 to 44.2% in 2021, but women are more willing to pay a higher amount for organic food; 62.9% of women are willing to spend more than $200 on organic food, of which 5.1% are willing to spend more than $1,000, but only 47.5% of men are willing to spend more than $200.
According to the age group, the proportion of people willing to spend more than $200 on organic food was highest in the 31-40 age group (72.1%). Wong Woon-chung pointed out that there are more young couples and professionals in this age group who will buy organic food for the health of their children and families and understand the benefits of organic food.
Centre: Enhancing Educational Recognition Labelling
However, the survey also showed that consumer confusion about certification labels is still serious, with a large number of people misidentifying labels such as “organic ” (self-proclaimed) (59.6%),“ green label ” (40.2%) and “green food ” (36.3%) as organic products.
The Centre said it would step up consumer education on labelling, and suggested that producers, processors and retailers of organic products should support an organic certification system to provide labelling products with organic certification; and that the Government should legislate as soon as possible to regulate the organic market and protect the rights and interests of consumers of organic products.
In addition, the Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre (HKORC) has been organising the Quality Organic Retailer Scheme and the Top Organic Retailer Awards since 2012. HKORC announced today that 10 “Top Organic Retailers ” have been selected by the public through online voting.
List of Top Organic Retailers 2022
● Yuen Sheng Fong Organic Functional Products Store
● Yingkang
● Green Yo-Yo Organic Shop
● Jun · Life
● Ying Fong Organic Shop
● Natural Beauty Organic Shop
● Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Organic Farm
● Taste organic
● Chuangzhijie Organic Nutrition Food Store
● Peeled and Organic Cabbage Head
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Overall, while avocado farming brings economic benefits to producer countries, rising demand has contributed to environmental degradation, water scarcity, and serious social challenges, making it a controversial staple in the modern diet.

What are the positive effects of the global demand for avocados on the countries and regions that produce and export them?

What negative impact has the increased global demand for avocados had on the environment?