Australians are being urged to smash their avo at home after avocado farmers took a hit following restrictions on cafes to halt the spread of coronavirus 🥑
But with global aviation grounded due to the pandemic “obviously that all came to a grinding halt a few weeks ago”.smashed avo meme
“If you used to enjoy a smashed avocado at brunch, eat them at home,” says Jim Kochi, an avocado farmer from Atherton in Queensland, who is also the chairman of Avocados Australia.It’s a point he has been making ever since avocado toast became the symbol of the generation wars when demographer Bernard Salt suggested young people could save for a house deposit if they stopped forking out $22 for smashed avocado at hipster cafes.
Avocado prices have slumped in the wake of the cafe closures - Mr Kochi estimates by about 20 per cent - so consumers are getting good value for money.
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