I know you are just kidding @arnoldz61 but an avocado farm cannot be considered as a (rain) forest or anything close to it. Also with the farm a high use of agricultural chemicals begins - so the whole ecosystem is turned up-side down on these grounds.
Good question. I live in Germany and we certainly depend on imports. I just looked up the stats in the US.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service
So roughly 7/8 of the US consumption is satisfied by exports. The only noteworthy state regarding the production size is supposed to be California. The consumption in the USA nowaday is around four times higher than around twenty years ago.
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I know you are just kidding @arnoldz61 but an avocado farm cannot be considered as a (rain) forest or anything close to it. Also with the farm a high use of agricultural chemicals begins - so the whole ecosystem is turned up-side down on these grounds.
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Aren't a large number of avocados grown in California? or Arizona?
Good question. I live in Germany and we certainly depend on imports. I just looked up the stats in the US.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service
So roughly 7/8 of the US consumption is satisfied by exports. The only noteworthy state regarding the production size is supposed to be California. The consumption in the USA nowaday is around four times higher than around twenty years ago.