Category Archives: Hawaii Avocado

14 Annual Avocado Festival – Kona

When: Saturday, February 8, 2020 Time: 10 am - 7 pm. Where: Hale Halawai Beach Park, 75-5768 Alii Dr., Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Avocado Presentations, Tastings, DemonstrationsFree Family Event = Zero Waste Eventavocadofestival.org A free, zero-waste event offers non-stop activities for attendees of all ages. Family fun includes an avocado recipe demonstration, food sampling, an avocado grafting…
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There’s a New Avocado in Hawaii, its a GEM!

There’s a new avocado making its way into the marketplace that might give the venerable Hass variety some competition. Called GEM — from the initials of Gray E. Martin, a University of California technician who helped develop it — the new variety actually was patented and released more than 15 years ago but only recently…
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Hawaii Farmer’s 6-Pound Avocado May Break Word Record…

Holy guacamole! Now, that’s an avocado. One Hawaiian farmer is making headlines for growing a 6-pound, 11-ounce avocado that, in theory, is large enough to smash the current world record — but may be unlikely to win official recognition anytime soon. https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/hawaii-farmer-large-avocado-record-potential
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