Little more than two months after the US Department of Agriculture opened US markets to Hass avocado imports from Colombia, the first fruit has been packed in preparation for its journey via container-ship from the Port at Cartagena to California-based Long Beach Port. Staff at the state-of-the-art packhouse in Guarne, Antioquia, are understandably excited – as are the growers whose avocados will soon be gracing American supermarket shelves. Westsole Fruit Colombia (WFC), the

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