I don’t typically associate avocados with the Inland Empire.
I usually associate avocados with northern San Diego County, where you can drive down Interstate 15 (the, um, “Avocado Highway”) and see them growing in myriad hillside groves.
However, we do have a connection here in the Inland Empire. Redlands, specifically.
From the pages of the Redlands Daily Facts, we discovered that Redlander Giovanni Cavaletto is a member of the Hass Avocado Board. He was reappointed October 2. His term expires October 31, 2011.
Who even knew there was such a thing as a Hass Avocado Board? Is there a board for each variety — for Fuertes and Gwens?
As it turns out, no.
The Hass Avocado Board, authorized under the very governmental-sounding “Hass Avocado Promotion, Research and Information Act of 2000″ and established in 2002, was formed to, well, promote, research and dispense information about Hass avocados, in an effort to expand the market for the pebbly dark green fruits.
You do indeed learn something new every day.
So, help ’em out and make some guacamole tonight!
To read the Facts article, click here.
To read the original press release, click here.
