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Green gold : the avocado's remarkable journey from humble superfood to toast of a nation / Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allaback, Sarah, 1965- author.
- Parsons, Monique F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Avocado industry--United States--History.
- Avocado industry.
- Avocado industry--Mexico--History.
- Avocado.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map.
- Edition:
- First Counterpoint edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Counterpoint, 2025.
- Contents:
- Dreamers
- The survivor
- Birth of an industry
- Roots
- The fuerte's rise
- Mission avocado
- Calavo
- Envisioning an empire
- Mother tree
- Wild avocado
- Believers
- The battle
- The breeders
- The avocado wars
- Cartel
- Icon
- Avocados from Mexico
- Global avocado.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781640096776 (electronic bk.)
- 1640096779 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032808094
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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