{"id":7042,"date":"2024-09-04T01:51:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T01:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/?post_type=portfolio_item&#038;p=7042"},"modified":"2024-09-08T02:56:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T02:56:22","slug":"7042-2","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_item","link":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/?portfolio_item=7042-2","title":{"rendered":"World Avocado Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1024x443.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6938\" style=\"width:1022px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1024x443.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-2000x866.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1536x665.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-2048x887.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-600x260.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1200x520.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, the US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/15\/business\/us-mexico-avocado-ban.html\">temporarily blocked all imports of avocados from Mexico<\/a> after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/02\/19\/1081948884\/mexican-drug-cartels-are-getting-into-the-avocado-and-lime-business\">verbal threat<\/a> was made to U.S. safety inspectors working in the country. Mexico supplies about 80 percent of the avocados eaten in the United States. I was curious which other countries grow a large volume of avocados, and where else the US might be able to import from if violence continued to be an issue in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2022, the US temporarily blocked all imports of avocados from Mexico after a verbal threat was made to U.S. safety inspectors working in the country. Mexico supplies about 80 percent of the avocados eaten in the United States. I was curious which other countries grow a large volume of avocados, and where else the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/?portfolio_item=7042-2\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;World Avocado Harvest&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6938,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_wpzb_portfolio_video_type":"","_wpzb_portfolio_video_id":0,"_wpzb_portfolio_video_url":"","footnotes":""},"portfolio":[39],"class_list":["post-7042","portfolio_item","type-portfolio_item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-agriculture"],"featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-300x130.jpg",300,130,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2.jpg",768,332,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1024x443.jpg",950,411,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1536x665.jpg",1536,665,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-2048x887.jpg",2048,887,true],"inspiro-featured-image":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-2000x866.jpg",2000,866,true],"inspiro-loop":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-950x320.jpg",950,320,true],"inspiro-loop@2x":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1900x640.jpg",1900,640,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail@2x":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1200x800.jpg",1200,800,true],"portfolio_item-masonry":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-600x260.jpg",600,260,true],"portfolio_item-masonry@2x":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1200x520.jpg",1200,520,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_cinema":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-800x335.jpg",800,335,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-600x900.jpg",600,900,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait@2x":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-1200x952.jpg",1200,952,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_square":["https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Avocado2021_v2-800x800.jpg",800,800,true]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/7042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio_item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/7042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7110,"href":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/7042\/revisions\/7110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skewdesign.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio&post=7042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}