U.S. consumers’ love for avocados seems to know no bounds. From 2001 through 2020, consumption of this fruit laden with healthy fats tripled nationwide, rising to more than 8 pounds per person yearly.

Woman holding an avocado in her hand against a blurred background of avocados - Oscar Wong/Getty Images It feels like avocados exploded in popularity a few years ago. I'm a millennial, and growing up, ...

Given avocado’s popularity today, it’s hard to believe that we came close to not having them in our supermarkets at all. In my book “Avocado: A Global History,” I explain how the avocado survived a ...

Times reporters on assignment in Michoacán, Mexico, found a drastically altered landscape and dangers to those who protest deforestation. By John Otis Times Insider explains who we are and what we do ...

The U.S. consumption of avocados has exploded in the past decade. Caliber 60 is a podcast from Texas Public Radio that looks at the violent underbelly of the industry. Americans consume a lot of ...

The ancient peoples of Latin America did us all a tremendous favor by saving avocados from extinction and gradually making them tastier over thousands of years of domestication. (Credit: Markus via ...