Avocado reference materials are easy to come by, and finding out about avocado farming can be beneficial to your business. Avocado information can include growing tips, nutritional facts, business-to-business contacts and more.

Avocado information is available through many commercial websites of the growers who harvest and distribute them. You can also find information from industry promoters and non-for-profit groups.

To find what you are looking for in avocado information:

1. Determine if you are looking for basic consumer avocado information. Do you need nutritional facts, recipes or preparation tips. This information can also be helpful to the restaurant industry.

2. Ask yourself if you want to grow avocados of your own.

3. Prepare to make business-to-business contacts if you want to jump into the industry. Are you looking to provide transportation services to a grower? Are you looking to provide equipment to the farms or possibly purchase from them for your grocery store?

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Gather avocado information with ease

Gather avocado information to grow, sell or take advantage of the avocado fruit.

I recommend: Find basic avocado resources including information about growing and harvesting avocados and avocado reference material from the California Avocado Commission. Learn to grow your own tree, find nutritional facts, find out how to select and handle avocados and more from this site. Find out scientific facts and information on the avocado from California Rare Fruit Growers. See what The George Mateljan Foundation has to say about the avocado. What's Cooking America has additional resources including history of the avocado and preparation instructions.

Find information about avocado farming

Information about avocado farming, avocado research and leaders in the avocado industry can help you navigate the field when it comes to choosing a grower or becoming one of your own. Becoming more familiar with potential vendor connections can also help you choose an avocado distributor to welcome into your store.

I recommend: Find out more about West Pak Avocado, a grower and shipper of California avocados. Check out information on the Calavo Growers brand of avocados. Avocados growers aren't just in California, though. Take a look at the fruit from the Houston Avocado Company. Pikarco is a Florida certified organic grower.

Use avocado reference materials to grow your own fruit

ake advantage of avocado information resources to learn how to grow your own avocados.

I recommend: Find out how to grow your own avocado trees from the iVillage Home & Garden Network. Use the avocado starter information from the Cass County Extension office. Use The Garden Helper to grow your seeds into trees. TipNut.com offers three methods of avocado growth techniques.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Plan to attend the annual Avocado Festival in Carpinteria, CA. Admission is free and they have park n' ride shuttle service.