August Newsletter

US AVOCADO GROWERS AND CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN ROPE-A-DOPED

8/28/20251 min read

Background of the California Avocado Industry

In the early 1990’s, the California Avocado

Commission (CAC) decided to make

substantial investments in avocado nutritional

research, which essentially revealed the

avocado to be a super food high in vitamins

and antioxidants. Strict import restrictions

were in place, prohibiting foreign avocados

from entering the U.S. market, due to the

significant risk of introducing serious exotic

pests from abroad. At that time, California

farms provided 100% of the avocado supply