California avocado farmers boost yields with new growing method

Farmers are being widely criticized during the California drought because agriculture uses the majority of the state's water. But some avocado farmers are cutting back by employing new techniques.

An avocado grower in California is using half as much water to yield twice as much fruit. The mastermind is Gary Bender, a University of California avocado specialist and farm advisor in San Diego County. He says we've been growing avocados wrong all these years, and we're finally starting to figure it out.
 

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