…a Sacramento community garden. In July 2015, BMSB was found for the first time in traps placed close to citrus, kiwi and avocados in Los Angeles County backyards. Already, several…
Superbowl: Food Safety
…million pizzas – and 139 million pounds of avocados expected to be eaten during the big game, there are plenty of opportunities for a food safety penalty to occur. To…
Superbowl: Avocados
…Avocados Though people think that avocado sales peak on holidays like the Fourth of July or Cinco de Mayo, avocados actually experience their greatest demand on Super Bowl Sunday. In…
New Dietary Guidelines Released by USDA and HHS
…and seeds Oils, including those from plants: canola, corn, olive, peanut, safflower, soybean, and sunflower. Oils also are naturally present in nuts, seeds, seafood, olives, and avocados. Further, Americans should…
Avocado: Healthy Fats
…Hass Avocados in the United States. A 12-member board representing domestic producers and importers of Hass Avocados directs HAB’s promotion, research and information programs under supervision of the United States…
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…six years. For other fresh fruits, tariffs are as high as 17 percent. They will be immediately eliminated for many products, including grapes, avocados, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, kiwifruit, watermelon,…
The California Kitchen: Avocado, Crab and Pomegranate Salad
…You Sweet Thing Pomegranate Jelly ½ Cup Shallots Fresh thyme Dry Cilantro 1 T Garlic Minced 2 Avocados 8 oz. fresh crab not crab sticks To get the cooking directions,…
Creative Marketing Catching Consumer’s Eye
…their Gator Eggs. Shanley says they were looking at a way to market the small avocados in their groves as a single-serving size. Shanley says packaging is the key to…
Avocado Growers Getting Creative with Crops
…Shanley Farms began in 1998 in Morro Bay growing avocados. Since then, they have branched out, with more working land around California, and the company now produces avocados, finger limes,…
Challenges Facing Shot Hole Borer Treatments
…the shot hole borer doesn’t feed on the trees it infests and that makes treating for the beetle difficult. Hard To Treat Avocados are the first agriculture crop the polyphagous…
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer Potential and Research
…just avocados, and Spann says if the bug were to expand north over the grapevine, it could be a major concern for several of those industries. Other Potential Agriculture Crops…
Many Avocado Growers Still ‘Going By Feel’
…Escalara has been working on a trial and grower survey in avocados for several years. The trial is looking at irrigation techniques and salinity management in avocado groves, in general…
Importance of Knowing Your Soil
…Soil University of California Riverside has been conducting a trial on avocados that has included field studies on irrigation and salinity management and grower questionnaires. Graduate Student Researcher Julie Escalara…
Avocado Growers Trying High Density Farming
…Projects and membership manager Casey Anderson says their growers are forced to look at higher valued crops like avocados and a recent experiment is showing great promising for those growers….