The Avocado Institute of Mexico

The Mexican avocado industry provides nearly 90 percent of U.S. avocado supply, but what corporate and federal organizations call “sustainable practices” today are what APEAM’s growers have called “avocado farming” for generations.

Fair Trade certification helps to foster sustainable development in growing regions and ensure economic stability for farmers. For Carlos Genel, an economist and second-generation avocado grower in Michoacán, Mexico, becoming a Fair Trade organization was a win for his community.

Global demand for avocados is growing steadily, with per-capita consumption in the United States tripling since the early 2000s. With such escalating popularity, curiosity about the avocado industry’s agricultural practices is also on the rise. Enrique Audiffred, a third-generation farmer and second-generation organic avocado grower in Michoacán, Mexico, is eager to share more about the …

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The growing popularity of avocados in the United States has created an economic boom across all parts of the fruit’s value chain.

Avocado trees are native to southern Mexico, where they grew as wild cultivars for thousands of years before the Aztec and Maya people began growing the crop domestically.