Industry-Funded Studies of the Week: Avocados - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

Industry-funded studies of the week: Avocados - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

I would not think the avocado industry would need to fund research on the benefits of avocados—surely the Superbowl takes care of sales—but its trade association is very busy. The Hass Avocado Board has its own USDA-sponsored checkoff marketing program. It also sponsors The Avocado Nutrition Center, where you can read all about the research studies it funds. The avocado is well-loved but little-understood. That’s why the Avocado Nutrition Cente…

Dominican Republic was the second country to export avocado, now it is the fourth and could continue to lose market if a plan involving the government, producers and academies is not implemented.(Continue reading...) RD entry loses market in avocado export was first published in Remolacha - News Dominican Republic.