Back In Season

by James Temple

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Back In Season

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James Temple

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According to Food & Wine magazine, if you haven’t heard a lot about Hawaiian avocados and you happen to live in the Lower 48, there’s a good reason for that. While the tropical island state is an ideal growing region for the fatty fruits, the ability to export them eastward has been fraught with regulation and all but ceased for the better part of a quarter century. But last month, Hawaii’s avocado industry saw weekly shipments of roughly 3,000 pounds each commence to a pair of Seattle produce wholesalers. The larger, regular exports signal what could be a huge expansion for Hawaii’s avocado farmers on the horizon.

A few years ago I planted seeds from an 80 year old local avocado tree here on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i where I live. After a few years of growing I started selling them to locals and visitors to the island at our Saturday Farmers Market. This is the time of year that my 14 trees begin to produce beautiful fruit like the one shown here. See you at the market.

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June 20th, 2019

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