Friday, July 10, 2009

USA: Inland avocado farmers facing challenge

July 10, 2009 - The Press Enterprise

In prior years, Eco Farms of Temecula employed as many as 25 workers in its fields of avocado trees. Today, that number is 12. Packing used to happen six days a week; it's three now. Like other avocado farms in southwest Riverside County, Eco Farms, which controls 800 acres in Riverside and San Diego counties, is struggling with high water prices, a lack ... read more...

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