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Our Avocado Habit Damages Environment In Mexico

by Johnny Briefcase @, Wednesday, August 10, 2016, 10:27 (3748 days ago)

I have to admit, I love 'em. I'm going to cut down to one a week and skip the guacamole.
....JB

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi9y8KmkrfOAhVK1WMKHRKfAEkQ...

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Our Avocado Habit Damages Environment In Mexico

by Pelicano, Wednesday, August 10, 2016, 13:28 (3748 days ago) @ Johnny Briefcase

Avocado growing was implicated in the 2005 landslide near Ventura. Of course, the soil was unstable in any event....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_La_Conchita_landslide

Our Avocado Habit Damages Environment In Mexico

by upnortnick, Wednesday, August 10, 2016, 13:37 (3748 days ago) @ Johnny Briefcase

Those dam Americans. First they drive up the price of cocaine and marihuana, now avocados. What next, tortillas?

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Our Avocado Habit Damages Environment In Mexico

by Pelicano, Sunday, August 14, 2016, 20:37 (3744 days ago) @ upnortnick

Those dam Americans. First they drive up the price of cocaine and marihuana, now avocados. What next, tortillas?

That happened already, during the ethanol craze...