Mexico is a cradle of the avocado, with the word itself being derived from Nahuatl, meaning “testicle”. Archaeological digs conducted in a cave in the Coxcatlán region, in the State of Puebla, showed that this fruit was already present in the region 7 000 to 8 000 years ago. The country’s central volcanic belt, which crosses Michoacán, is believed to be the natural habitat of one of the…