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Medium and large companies grow Peruvian avocados year-round along the coastal regions of the long South American country, while small farms are nestled in the mountains.

While avocados have been around since before written history, the commercial export of the fruit to the U.S. is relatively new. Here’s a timeline of notable events in the U.S.-Peru avocado relationship.

Other than chipping potatoes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Market News Service did not report any fruit and vegetable shipment figures from Ohio in 2020.

A cold spell early in the growing season has delayed some Mid-Atlantic harvests, but not for long. Overall, the region’s summer crop is looking good.

Crop conditions look good so far for Willard, Ohio-based Wiers Farm Inc.

Michael Family Farms, Urbana, Ohio, has increased its potato acreage by 35% in 2021 compared with 2020, said Kathy Michael Sponheim, co-owner and sales, marketing and administration.

Even though 2020 was a great year for selling crops to retailers, many of New York’s growers are playing it safe by not planting too much more for the 2021 season.

Social media memes of the plump, pear-shaped avocado cartoon figure lifting weights or telling itself in the mirror that it’s the “good kind of fat” parallel the Health at Every Size movement.

If the whole point of the Peruvian Avocado Commission is to get more people to eat more avocados from Peru, then promoting the pear-shaped, mild-tasting, buttery fruit is of utmost importance.

Sweet cherry harvest is well underway in the Northwest, and soon the shelves will be filled with the sweet 2021 crop.