Avocado banned?
While The Avocado Show in Amsterdam is still packed every day, these British lunch spots are banning avocado. Will the Netherlands follow suit?
While The Avocado Show in Amsterdam is still packed every day, Wild Strawberry Cafe in Buckinghamshire has stopped using avocados as of this week. The reason? They cannot be grown locally, so their ecological footprint is enormous—not to mention the illegal deforestation in Mexico to meet the huge demand.
Also read Emma’s food frustration #5: avocado abuse
Mexican drug cartels
As a result of our Western obsession, avocado exports are so lucrative that Mexican drug cartels are now also trying to cash in on them, according to Wild Strawberry Cafe in their explanatory Instagram post. In short: bad business on every front. What do you think? Is this a power move or simply a crying shame? Leave a comment under our Facebook post.
