Holy Guacamole! U.S. DOA Allows Shipment of Hawaii Avocados to Mainland

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Just in time for the NFL season! Oskar Garcia of The Associated Press in Honolulu has this story. Excerpt:

… The U.S. Department of Agriculture is changing its rules for Hawaii growers to allow them to ship Sharwil avocados to 32 mainland U.S. states between November and March.

According to a USDA rule scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Thursday, the shipments will help give shoppers an option to buy domestic avocados during winter months, when most grocery stores stock avocados from Mexico instead. …

According to the office of Sen. Mazie Hirono, Hawaii’s delegation has advocated for the ruled change since 1992. The senator said she welcomes the news as a boon to local farming.

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