Posted on 02/14/2022 1:38:21 PM PST by nickcarraway
Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat.
The surprise, temporary suspension was confirmed late Saturday on the eve of the Super Bowl, the biggest sales opportunity of the year for Mexican avocado growers - though it would not affect game-day consumption since those avocados had already been shipped.
Avocado exports are the latest victim of the drug cartel turf battles and extortion of avocado growers in the western state of Michoacan, the only state in Mexico fully authorized to export to the U.S. market.
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Demo voters from Mexico.
Avocados from Mexico!
If I have the choice, I pick stuff made in Mexico over stuff made in China 100% times!
Mexico is a neighbor, they are not communists, they do not steal intellectual property and they do not want to take over America.
Mexico has a lot of problems, but they pale in comparison with China.
Same here. Hot sauce, beer, tequila, and Oaxacan corn whiskey are the only Mexican products I would want to put in my mouth, but I wouldn't buy any food or drink from Red China.
Queso and guacamole are to Texans what apple pie and hotdogs are to Yankees. If you go to a party and there is no decent queso and guac you know they are not born and raised Texans.
Florida has fewer drought issues than California. We battle insects, including the Ambrosia beetle which causes Laurel wilt in avocado trees.
Huge water user.
“The Right to Water
Avocado production is highly water-intensive, roughly 70 liters per fruit, more than 12 times as much as it takes to grow a tomato. (Avocados, like tomatoes, are a fruit, not a vegetable.) Ironically enough, most avocados are grown in relatively arid regions. In California, for instance, whose avocado output amounts to several hundred million pounds per year, the fruit is grown in the southern parts of the state, from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, in the desert. For that is what Southern California is — a “natural desert irrigated by man into a sense of artificial lushness.” It takes a bit less than 75 gallons (about 280 liters) of “blue” water to grow a pound of avocados. Blue water comes from rivers, lakes, streams and aquifers; it does not include rainfall (“green” water) or recycled (“grey”) water.”
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