Sustainability Magazine January 2022 | Page 13

Avoca-don Off the menu ’ t

Spain

Avocados have been described as ‘ ticking time bombs ’. Once lauded as the ultimate symbol of dietary humanitarianism , their reputation has gone distinctly pear-shaped . Experts now believe that travelling 1000s of miles , only to be smeared across a cracker in Luton , is more environmentally damaging than eating meat . Thick-skinned ? They ’ ll have to be . sustainabilitymag . com 13