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Researchers have developed a smartphone-based artificial intelligence system that accurately predicts the ripeness and internal quality of avocados. "Avocados are among the most wasted fruits globally ...

IRVINE, CA - As the countdown to the Global Produce & Floral Show (GPFS) ticks closer, associations like the California Avocado Commission are readying their strategies in order to raise awareness and ...

PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Business owners in the downtown Pharr area say a popular city festival is doing more harm than good for their businesses. The Avocado Festival is a yearly community ...

The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has announced the closure of the avocado harvesting season for sea exports for the 2025/2026 fiscal year, effective Monday, October 20, 2025. In a statement ...

The government plans to close the export window for sea shipments of avocado on October 20, 2025 in an attempt to stop the export of unripe fruit and protect the country's reputation in foreign ...

A new program using satellite imagery seeks to raise pressure on avocado growers by getting support from American buyers. A new program using satellite imagery seeks to raise pressure on avocado ...

In Mexico, the avocado industry now faces a choice: Stop deforesting or lose access to the billion-dollar U.S. market. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Photographs by César Rodríguez Emiliano Rodríguez Mega ...

Jimmy Fallon is a fan of Taylor Swift’s baking. On Instagram, the “Tonight Show” host raved about Swift’s sourdough bread when he shared his recipe for “Jimmy’s Avocado Toast” two days after she ...

Placing unripe avocados in a paper bag with fruit that gives off ethylene gas ripens them the fastest. Using a ripe banana edged out an apple by two days, but either method works. Heating avocados ...

According to the US avocado marketing powerhouse, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB), American grocery stores sold mostly smaller Hass avocados last year. To the industry’s surprise, consumers not only didn ...