Why we need to promote the consumption of local food.
“Results show that 33.1% of forest cover was lost over a 16 year period across the avocado production region.”
Barsimantov, J. & Antezana, J.N. (2012). Forest cover change and land tenure change in Mexico’s avocado region: Is community forestry related to reduced deforestation for high value crops? Applied Geography, 32, 844, 847–848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.09.001
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Fuel consumption and refrigeration make transportation energy-intensive and result in high greenhouse gas emissions.