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Love avocados? Thank the toxodon

  • Written by Jeffrey Miller, Associate Professor, Hospitality Management, Colorado State University
imageThe finicky fruit took some time to adapt to California's climate.Print Collector via Getty Images

Given avocado’s popularity today, it’s hard to believe that we came close to not having them in our supermarkets at all.

In my new book “Avocado: A Global History,” I explain how the avocado survived a series of ecological and...

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