Counterintuitively, a declining avocado tree will also produce a higher volume of fruits, although they'll be shaped ...

(KABC) -- The Mountain Fire ripped through Sergio Acevedo's two-acre farm, destroying nearly 100 of his 300 avocado trees ... the blaze also destroyed his irrigation system.

Avocados are a water-intensive crop, and meeting irrigation demand depletes water sources for local communities and leaves remaining native forests vulnerable to fire and disease. Today’s letter ...