Avocado mania is alive and booming in the United States. Not only are we voracious importers of avocados – 80% of our annual supply comes from Mexico – but of our domestically-grown avocados, 10% are from California.
The catch is that, as Adam Sternbergh reported in New York magazine, avocados require nine gallons of water per ounce to grow. That’s 72 gallons of water per fruit. California’s water supply cannot compete with our nation’s demand for guacamole.
Unfortunately, the bad news doesn’t end there. America’s incessant demand for avocados – combined with the rising prices to export them – has even fueled the rapid deforestation of central Mexico’s pine forests.
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