Avocados from Peru, a friend of the environment, kicks off its 2022 promotional campaign emphasizing health and sustainability.

As global demand for avocados continues to grow year after year, so does Peru’s commitment to help consumers eat healthy and lead sustainable lifestyles.

The Peruvian Avocado Commission, and its Avocados from Peru marketing  brand, has robust plans for Peru-sourced avocados in the United States this year and beyond.

The first shipments of Peru’s ample avocado supplies landed on U.S. shores in late March. The latest projection points to the country’s avocado exporters sending almost 240 million pounds of fruit to the U.S. market by the time the last piece of fruit is sold sometime in October, which would be about a 25 percent increase over 2021 and the largest volume the South American country has ever shipped to the United States.

Ten years ago the California Avocado Commission first observed June officially as California Avocado Month, and it is enthusiastically promoting this long-standing tradition. As an ode to the past 10 years, the commission has enlisted the culinary talents of Southern California native Chef Nyesha Arrington to create two delicious and seasonal recipes that prominently feature California avocados, which are grown by about 3,000 California avocado growers with groves from San Diego to Monterey.

On Saturday, May 14, the California Avocado Commission hosted an open house — or rather open grove — at Rancho Santo Thomas, owned and farmed by Mike Sanders and his son-in-law Chris Ambuul in Valley Center, CA. Attendees were educated on various aspects of avocado farming, including the grafting of avocado cultivars on various rootstocks, sustainable cultural practices, canopy management and avocado picking, as well as tips and tricks for avocado preparation.

A unique opportunity to keep shelves stocked with high-quality Mexican avocados has arrived, thanks to the addition of AvoWorks to the Oppy-Eco Farms go-to-market strategy.