Posted on 04/03/2019 5:43:33 AM PDT by McGruff
It’s become a cliché in online journalism to bring up the popularity of avocado toast as an example of how millennials are disrupting restaurants or killing traditional meal structures or whatever.
However, it turns out the recent glut of avocados in North America isn’t the fault of toast-eating hipsters. Instead, the blame actually lies with overzealous Mexican drug cartels.
While the vast majority of our avocado supply comes from Mexico, the US actually banned the crop in the US until a 1994 trade agreement made it possible to exchange certain goods between the countries, according to a new segment from 'Adam Ruins Everything.'
During this time, the influence of Mexican drug cartels was expanding within the country. Seeing as they had plenty of previous experience in illegal greens, the cartels began edging into legal trades, like avocado farming, to supplement their income.
So, next time you dip your tortilla into a big bowl of guacamole, know that you are, in a very roundabout way, supporting someone’s cocaine habit.
(Excerpt) Read more at civilized.life ...
In the 1970’s virtually all pistachios sold in the U.S. came from Iran.
The supply was suddenly and dramatically cut off after we imposed sanctions over the taking of our embassy.
What happened as a result was that California farmers quickly geared up to produce these nuts. Today California produces more pistachios then ANY OTHER COUNTRY on the planet.
Lesson Learned: Cut-off Mexican avocados and someone here will seize the opportunity. Long term it will be a win-win.
Given the state has cut off water from a good number of the farmers there, I would be surprised if this were still true.
I don’t like hipster fashions like avocado toast but seriously:
I am SICK of all of the bad practices of the non-US world being foisted onto my buying decisions here in the US.
Sweat shops, nike shoes, avocados —the list is endless.
The first lapel buttons for some cause like Cancer or whatever? Those were fine.
Pretty soon you had these idiots FESTOONED with them.
ENOUGH.
I’m clearly “culturally deprived”, I had no idea what avocado toast was until I looked it up just now. Looks like something that most people wouldn’t really miss.
Like putting green soap on perfectly good toast.
So, next time you dip your tortilla into a big bowl of guacamole, know that you are, in a very roundabout way, supporting someone’s cocaine habit.
The opposite is true:
Cartelists raise the avocados as a profitable alternative to cocaine. If avocado demand climbs high enough, the higher price of that alternative crop will naturally bid farmer attention away from coca, shifting it instead towards avocado cultivation.
You might easier admonish that consumer activists BOOST their avocado consumption instead of avoiding them.
Yep - and I haven’t heard a single person say they will be severely put out even if avocados become a memory...
I hate Avacado’s! Guacamole sucks! Am I the only one on earth that think those mushy, pasty, oily fruit/berry things taste like crap?
I seriously don’t understand the popularity of it...the stuff is bleh. It’s like some avocado-toast subroutine was uploaded to scores of NPC millenials.
I like an Avocado BLT. Sometimes I add a fried egg.
But I will survive without it.
Would rather have the border closed.
America can get along just fine without them.
it amazes me how people buy into such nonsense. Clearly, supporting the Avocado Cartels would be preferable. That guilt trip tripped over itself.
You aren’t missing much in taste, CDC just issued a Listeria warning for them. And Kroger’s just stuck the slightly pricey things on sale for 99 cents special. LOL
They are like Tofu crappy tasting. Then again I’m 70 and Meat and Potatoes are the diet mainstays in our house, the Mister is 78, so you aren’t changing either of our eating habits, I’ve just learned to cook a little smarter with pain sprays instead of a lot of oil. Bake and Broil more.
Both hubby and I agree with you. NASTY like Tofu. Which I can’t eat any way. THYROID patients are NOT allowed 2 foods Grapefruit and SOY.
Never heard of grapefruit being banned for those with thyroid issues...hhhmmmm
A few years ago the Mexican cartels controlled the lime market.
True!
The Mexican gangs extort “protection” money from avacado growers
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