VILLA MADERO, Mexico (AP) — As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying ...

A potential conflict looms with avocado growers -- who are often sponsored by, or pay protection money to, drug cartels. Last week, dozens of residents, farmworkers and small-scale farmers from Villa ...

As Americans gear up for the Big Game with record avocado consumption, country brand Avocados From Mexico (AFM) is already ...

SOMIS, Calif. (AP) — Andreas Tompros lost his home and at least a third of his avocado orchard to a wildfire last year, but the 47-year-old grower is not worried about his farm making a comeback.

Thousands of Hass avocados littered the soil in Sergio Acevedo’s orchard Saturday in this community northeast of Camarillo. The Mountain fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ...