New Zealand is in the midst of an avocado crisis . The Guardianreports that , after increased requirement and a poor farm time of year started repulse up prices , some opportunistic Kiwis began stealing unripe aguacate from farms and selling them to grocery storage and eating house in Auckland .
Since January alone , there have been at least 40 declamatory - scale thefts from avocado orchards . The typical avocado pear heist is fairly less complex — though no less villainous — than the more traditional museum theft , cassino heist , or savings bank robbery . Thieves usually slip into the plantation under cover of darkness and merely graze or pick pear from the trees by the hundred . After tiptoeing off with their bounty , the outlaw quickly sell them off ( so far , farmers have n’t think to set their alligator pear the way police sometimes mark bill ) .
Avocados are currently sell for NZ$4 to NZ$6 ( $ 2 to $ 4 US ) in New Zealand , facilitating a flourishing Persea Americana dim food market . But officials say the crime wave will be unawares - lived . New Zealand Avocado CEO Jen Scoular assure The Guardian that a new harvest of local avocados will soon flood the New Zealand market , making the stickup less lucrative .
According toRadioNZ , the thieving may have had a pregnant impact on some farmers ’ lucre this season , with some farms losing up to a quarter of their crops . But Scoular also claims that the thief , though thwarting , wo n’t pose a existent threat to avocado farmer in New Zealand in the long run . “ It ’s an easy direction to make a quick dollar , but I do n’t cerebrate we are dealing with a sophisticated or highly organized mathematical process here , more timeserving , ” she tells The Guardian . “ This stolen fruit will only have made it to the local securities industry , it would never attain our exportation markets . ”
[ h / tThe Guardian ]
