Avocado groves suffer in Thomas fire in California

In a preliminary estimate, Ventura County agriculture commissioner Henry Gonzalez said two-thirds of the 10,000 acres of county farmland burned by the Thomas fire are avocado groves, reported The Packer, a trade publication. The wildfire has yet to be contained “so even the growers don’t know what the effects are going to be,” he said.… » Read More

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