“I’ve always wanted my own Avocado tree. I’ve stopped buying them due to the drug cartels strong-arming and taking over avocado farms. :(”
I hadn’t heard that, why are they taking over the farms?
We had an avocado tree in California as well. Having always lived in the desert I didn’t realize I would miss the trees and plants that wouldn’t survive with the cold here. Still, leaving California was a good choice! They’ve been going more nuts since we left. (Sacramento, that is)
“I hadn’t heard that, why are they taking over the farms?”
Because they CAN and money laundering. :(
The avocado market is lucrative enough that it actually is on par with illegal markets such as drugs or guns. Cartels realize that, so they seize farms and orchards, force people to plant avocado trees, and sometimes enslave whole villages to tend and harvest.