The Avocado Wall
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The avocado is the food that unites a nation but could it be facing the political fight of its life? From guacamole and chips at fast food chains to wellness bloggers and movie stars – avocados are eaten by all demographics in the US. The little fruit are big big business with about four billion consumed a year. But, the US consumer’s appetite depends on imports and the biggest producer is directly south of the border – Mexico. With uncertainty over Nafta (North America Free Trade Agreement) and no weakening of President Trump’s rhetoric over the douthern Border, is the avocado facing a less certain future.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello from the BBC World Service and welcome to the latest edition of the |
| 0:05.0 | documentary podcast. Every week we bring you a range of stories from our |
| 0:09.8 | presenters and reporters across the world. |
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| 0:18.1 | Let us know what you think. |
| 0:19.2 | We've seen them go from being the fat avocado to the good fats good for you eat them. |
| 0:26.0 | Michigan in the past was the major source for illegal immigration. |
| 0:30.0 | The avocados have created a direct opportunity in the face of that and created jobs where jobs were. |
| 0:38.0 | This is the avocado wall with me Katie Watson. |
| 0:42.0 | Whenever he's the avocato, I just make a smile. |
| 0:44.7 | I'm just so grateful for like every avocado I see, |
| 0:47.6 | you know what I mean? |
| 0:48.9 | I love avocados. |
| 0:50.1 | Avocato burgers are delicious. |
| 0:51.7 | A grilled chicken, avocado salad. |
| 0:53.4 | Those are really good. |
| 0:54.7 | The avocado, it's become the ubiquitous food choice for a health conscious generation of consumers. |
| 1:00.4 | I'm sitting in one of LA's coolest coffee shop chains and surrounded my |
| 1:06.1 | millennials all sipping their latte or their blended coffee that they can pay |
| 1:11.1 | upwards of seven dollars for and most of them are working on |
| 1:14.6 | their laptops as opposed to in an office. Now these are the new generation who |
| 1:20.0 | will happily spend money on coffee and they'll also choose to have their avocado toast. |
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