Things I didn't know #1

Did you know there is a World Avocado Organisation? Its Chairman responded to the All England Club's decision to replace avocados with crushed English peas on its menus: "Avocados are too often made a scapegoat in the conversation around food sustainability...the avocado has a smaller 'water footprint' than nuts, olive oil and beef". I read this while eating a breakfast of avocados on sourdough with poached eggs and chorizo. Shout out to Tesco café.

I asked ChatGPT to calculate how many avocados - i.e. Zac Bard's members - there are in the world at any given time and it came up with a "guesstimate" of 3.3 billion. That's one avocado for every 2.5 people on earth. Of course it's a floating population; the average lifespan of an avocado is probably.......enough, Nigel!

The important point is whether other fruits have similar organisations. World Tomato Organisation - Nope. World Pea Organisation - also No. You'd imagine lots of Noes. But:

International Banana Association - yes

World Apple and Pear Association - sure

International Cherry Symposium - yep

Also mangoes and blueberries.

Who knew?

Perhaps more importantly, what exactly is the sustainability issue? Should I eschew avos and switch to mushy peas? Ugh.