{"id":141484,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/141484-how-mexico-s-lucrative-avocado-industry-found-itself-smack-in-the-middle-of-gangland-by-jeffrey-miller-the-conversation","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/141484","headline":".​How Mexico’s lucrative avocado industry found itself smack in the middle of gangland || by Jeffrey Miller :: The Conversation","content":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1997 California use to provide 90% of the avocados consumed in the US. Today, as the result of changes implemented as part of NAFTA, Mexico provides 80% of a much larger avocado consumption in the U.S. The avocado trade high prices and high profit margins have attracted the interest of the Mexicans crime cartels. A major disruption of this market could have a major negative effect on the American consumer as briefly shown during the U.S. Department of Agriculture ban of avocado imports from Mexico on February this year\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com/how-mexicos-lucrative-avocado-industry-found-itself-smack-in-the-middle-of-gangland-177406\"\u003eRead more\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"In 1997 California use to provide 90% of the avocados consumed in the US. Today, as the result of changes implemented as part of NAFTA, Mexico provides 80% of a much larger avocado consumption in the U.S. The avocado trade high prices and high profit margins have attracted the interest of the Mexicans crime cartels. A major disruption of this market could have a major negative effect on the American consumer as briefly shown during the U.S. Department of Agriculture ban of avocado imports from Mexico on February this year Read more","published_at":"2022-07-22T14:12:14-07:00","updated_at":"2022-07-22T14:12:14-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Newsbytes","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297890-newsbytes"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Newsbytes on Kudos 365. View their photo published Mar/04/2022 on Public Interest. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/Bkuy9L1TTi3mQCGFOkAw_avocado-2351191_1920.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":12,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Public Interest","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1070-public-interest"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/141484-how-mexico-s-lucrative-avocado-industry-found-itself-smack-in-the-middle-of-gangland-by-jeffrey-miller-the-conversation","headline":".​How Mexico’s lucrative avocado industry found itself smack in the middle of gangland || by Jeffrey Miller :: The Conversation","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/Bkuy9L1TTi3mQCGFOkAw_avocado-2351191_1920.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Newsbytes","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297890-newsbytes"},"datePublished":"2022-07-22T14:12:14-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":12}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Public Interest","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1070-public-interest"}]}}