Smashed avocados: fruit dumped in Queensland amid bumper harvest and rising transport costs - The Guardian

Truckloads of low-grade avocados left to rot in Atherton as farmers react to tight margins and oversupply

Farmers have been forced to dump thousands of avocados in far north Queensland because of an oversupply of the fruit and increased transportation and packaging costs. Jan De Lai, a resident of Ather… [+2050 chars]

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