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Avocados are a ‘green gold’ export for Mexico, but growing them is harming forests and waters

  • Written by Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Assistant Professor of Latin American Environmental History, University of Iowa
Avocados are a ‘green gold’ export for Mexico, but growing them is harming forests and watersHarvesting avocados in Uruapan, in the Mexican state of Michoacan.Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Consumers’ love for avocados in the United States seems to know no bounds. From 2001 through 2020, consumption of this fruit laden with healthy fats tripled nationwide, rising to over 8 pounds per person yearly.

On average, 90% of those...

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