America s avocado demand is skyrocketing and making Mexico s deforestation disaster worse

Get the Full StoryWhile lucrative for the growers, the industry is under increasing pressure from organized crime groups and facing accusations of rising environmental damage.

On a sweltering July afternoon, two large yellow bulldozers dug into the brown soil at the bottom of a lush avocado orchard near the small town of Madero, located in central Mexico s Michoacan state.

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