Thenow - dead El Niñowreaked serious havoc upon our nutrient provision , frompoisoning shellfishtoobliterating Isidor Feinstein Stone fruit . Now the avocado is at danger . In Australia and New Zealand , a dual whammy ofmassive firesand punishing rain pass over out avocado crop , causing a shortage of the brunch raw material . Growers would have been able to manage , if it were n’t for a sudden and skyrocketing avocado demand .

Until of late , the New Zealand avocado tree mart has largely catered to exports . But last year , an extra 96,000 New Zealand households started purchasing avocados . Increased demand , pair with the atmospheric condition troubles , imply prices reach as mellow as $ 7 per avo earlier this class ( now it ’s more like $ 2 to $ 4).According to The Guardian , now the valuable yield are now the target of monumental heists , with 40 large - scale thieving since January . One stumble nail 350 avocados at once — that ’s like 700 avocado toasts !

avocadoprices propel a new criminal offence prevention sign at Superior Fruit and Wendy ’s Kitchen at Graceville in Brisbane.pic.twitter.com/iMcOoUHqUb

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Thieves are climbing into orchards to pick avocados in the darkness of dark then trade them now to restaurants at damage that slightly undercut local produce vendors :

Sergeant Aaron Fraser of Waihi say there had been “ spates ” of avocado larceny during his clip in the law but nothing as sustained as the current natural action .

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“ These stolen alligator pear can bear risks , ” he said .

“ They are unripe , some have been spray recently and they may still carry toxins on the peel . But with the price so high at the moment , the potency for net profit is a strong inducement for certain individuals . ”

I am not sure how an unripe , sprayed avocado that you might have soften and peel to eat could pose a risk , but hey , he ’s the avocado offence expert , not me .

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While Fannie Merritt Farmer seek to pad harvest security with lights and alarm systems , the problem might regulate itself in come months . The avocado industry differentiate The Guardian thatmore locally grown fruits hitting the marketwill help to work prices down . Although even this statement is wind in confederacy : Earlier this year it was report that agriculturalist weremanipulating the ripening cognitive operation , exacerbating the dearth .

Yet no one is fault the material foeman here . NPR recently reportedon how avocado toast has been embraced Down Under , so much so that Australians now believe they invented it . The scourge of meticulously style , overhead - scene avocado pear toast has blow up over the last class , due to the far-flung proliferation of Instagram . The # avocadotoasthashtag features over 150,000 examples of how this style is circulate . No market manipulation could be more powerful than this variety of propaganda .

[ The Guardian ]

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