Avocado Orchards in Mexico Compete with Forests Monica Ortiz Uribe - Fronteras Desk
go to original February 23, 2015

Deforestation is harmful to the monarch butterfly, which migrates to the states of Michoacan and Mexico during the winter. (Mónica Ortiz Uribe)

Demand for avocados in the United States has quadrupled in the last 20 years. America's growing love for the fruit may be harming the fragile habitat of the monarch butterfly, whose winter home is in the forests of central Mexico. Those forests are not far from Mexico's avocado orchards, where the majority of the avocados Americans consume are grown.  

While  high demand has created economic opportunity for farmers, it has also put a strain the region’s natural resources.

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