The Strange History of Avocados

In this video, we look at the history behind a fruit of growing popularity: The avocado berry. Where did it come from, how did it develop, and how did it get to where it is today?

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Sources and further reading

[1] Galindo-Tovar, María Elena, et al. “THE AVOCADO (PERSEA AMERICANA, LAURACEAE) CROP IN MESOAMERICA: 10,000 YEARS OF HISTORY.” i Harvard Papers in Botany vol. 12, no. 2, 2007, pp. 325–334. iJSTOR/i www.jstor.org/stable/41761865. Accessed 10 Sept. 2021.

[2] Landon, Amanda J., "Domestication and Significance of Persea americana, the Avocado, in Mesoamerica" (2009). Nebraska Anthropologist. 47. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebant...

[3] "Domestic avocado consumption in the United States from 1985 to 2022." Statista.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/5...

[4] Smith, K. Annabelle. "Why the Avocado Should Have Gone the Way of the Dodo." Smithsonian Magazine, Oct. 24, 2013.
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[5] "Avocado." Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/plant/avocado

[6] "Avocado." Etymonline.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/avocado

[7] Handwerk, Brian. "Holy Guacamole: How the Hass Avocado Conquered the World." Smithsonian Magazine, July 28, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...

[8] Kelly, Guy. "A Cultural History of the Avocado." BBC Three, 31 July 2018.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/articl...

[9] Blakemore, Erin. "The Illustrious History of the Avocado." JSTOR Daily, May 18, 2017.
https://daily.jstor.org/the-illustrio...

[10] Ayala Silva, Tomas & Ledesma, Noris. (2014). Avocado History, Biodiversity and Production. 10.1007/978-3-319-06904-3_8.


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