Prices of avocados in the United States have been on the rise for years, but began taking a sharper turn starting in 2013. In 2014, the average price of a Hass avocado was $1.29. In 2015, it went up to $1.38 (Hass Avocado Board). However, avocado demand has remained high as ever. Avocados are continue to fly off the shelf, even if rising prices leaves Americans saying, \u201choly guacamole!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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http:\/\/www.vanguardia.com.mx\/lostemplariostomancontroldelnegociodelaguacate-1888691.html<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.12news.com\/news\/nation-now\/holy-guacamole-avocado-shortage-causing-prices-to-soar\/346400878<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.producenews.com\/the-produce-news-today-s-headlines\/19948-avocado-picking-resumes-volume-to-ramp-up-quickly<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2015\/01\/the-selling-of-the-avocado\/385047\/<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2015\/01\/22\/the-sudden-rise-of-the-avocado-americas-new-favorite-fruit\/<\/p>\n
http:\/\/theplate.nationalgeographic.com\/2015\/05\/05\/thanks-to-america-weve-reached-peak-avocado\/<\/p>\n
https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/chipotle-warns-it-might-stop-serving-guacamole-if-climate-change-gets-worse-d797f64a932c#.9pird9xu1<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/7\/12\/1546610\/-Avocados-and-the-Mexican-Drug-Cartels<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.hassavocadoboard.com\/retail\/volume-and-price-data<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thesalt\/2015\/02\/13\/385754265\/how-nafta-changed-american-and-mexican-food-forever<\/p>\n
http:\/\/avocadosfrommexico.com\/about-afm\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paying a little extra for avocados is an affordable luxury for most Americans. Many are willing to pay an extra dollar to incorporate avocados in their favorite tacos, soups, salads, wraps, and burrito bowls. Following the avocado\u2019s newfound status as a staple food, increased consumption and difficulty harvesting in the United States has led avocado […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/805"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2478,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions\/2478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/j469.ascjclass.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}