Environmental impacts of my meal
For my most recent meal I had a Caesar salad with avocado. For this blog post I wanted to mainly focus on the environmental impacts of avocado since it is something I consume quite regularly. Prior to this post, I was aware that avocados have pretty amazing health benefits. After reading an article, I learned a few more things about just how beneficial avocados are to the human body. As the text mentions, avocados can improve digestion, lower bad cholesterol, and even decrease the risk of depression while also being extremely beneficial for your eyesight. So far these seem to be very great benefits to a largely consumed Item. Another fact that I learned is that avocados are grown in the US, though a large majority of them are grown abroad in countries such as Mexico and Peru. Though the benefits of avocados are amazing, it seems as though they are slowly creating problems agriculture wise. Due to being in high demand, avocados have essentially become a monocult...