June 26 (UPI) — Traffic was snarled for several hours on a California highway when a truck overturned and spilled its load of avocados into the road. The California Highway Patrol’s Redwood City office said a truck carrying 8 tons of avocados overturned on Highway 101 in San Mateo and spilled its load of superfood […]
Highway bandits in Mexico have made off with more than 40 tonnes of avocados, officials said. The attorney general’s office said the avocados were stolen in two separate robberies in the western state of Michoacan – Mexico’s main producer of the fruit. In both cases, armed men stopped freight trucks carrying about 20 tonnes each, […]
Avocado yogurt dressing with limes – Lilechka75/Getty Images We’ve all had to face the conundrum of storing unexpected avocado leftovers from appetizer plates, garnishes, or sandwich fixin’s. The dreaded oxidation begins before you think of a quick fix, one that typically fails anyway. Surely there’s an easy answer to saving the creamy deliciousness and nutrient-packed […]
VILLA MADERO, Mexico (AP) — As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City. Rivers and even whole lakes are disappearing in the once green and lush […]