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Israeli avocado takes Europe
Navit Zomer
Published: 28.02.10, 08:16
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1. no matter how many haters
(02.28.10)
wish to boycott israel, the facts are that quality stumps politics. the euro market knows when it sees quality and could give a damn about arab agendas. see for yourself. israel is moving ahead. good luck the jewish state. hameed aboughaze iranian
2. Mazal Tov! Bring them to the USA! We will buy them!
Frank ,   USA   (02.28.10)
3. Great quality
David ,   Norway   (02.28.10)
Israeli avocados, peppers, cherry tomatoes, grape fruit etc, always excellent quality! Even better than what is on offer Israel often, since the best produce is used for export :)
4. We rock! that's why the world hates us.
Talula ,   Israel   (02.28.10)
They are jealous of our innovation, our brains and our will to suceed.
5. Europeans consume much more than Israeli avocado; they also
Eitan ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (02.28.10)
consume other agricultural products, agricultural technologies, non-agricultural technologies in electronics, medical and environmental areas. We, Israelis, should be very proud of our achievements. And we all this we do despite the fact that some, including some Islamist and "progressive" forces in Europe would love to see the annihilation of the Jewish state of Israel. It is unfortunate that instead of promoting cooperation with Israel and peaceful coexistence between Israel and its Arab neighbors, some in Europe, including the UK, would rather see conflict.
6. go Israel!
Duchess   (02.28.10)
7. Israeli avocados have been sold in Europe for decades.
Dorothy Friend ,   Tel Aviv   (02.28.10)
8. Avocados are so good for you, too. Avocado oil is
Rivkah   (02.28.10)
healing for rheumatoid arthritis, so I slice an avocado and put it into tea brewed from Tetley's black tea, white tea, and green tea bags. Adding blueberries and freeze dried strawberry and banana slices, sweetened with stevia extract is a good way to get a good immune boost not to mention vitamins and minerals, including oil soluble vitamins from the avocado. I don't put it into a blender: just eat the fruit pieces from the glass with a long spoon. An ice cube or two keeps it cold and refreshing since I drink and eat it slowly to savor the flavors.
9. Good but be careful about quality!
Gilad ,   London UK   (02.28.10)
Israel has a high level of many environmentally harmful gases (harmful to the products directly regardless of the climate change issue). And being a small country the farms are not far from the sources of pollutants. Farms should be very careful to take measures to ensure the high quality and low negative components within their products. This is both from pollutants and from the sources of ground feed that they use. Otherwise they'll suddenly find themselves one day shunned out by EU or other legislation that is increasingly intolerant of pollutants in the food (although of course this is happening in slow stages). I also hope they work hard at keeping food purity because when I'm in Israel I want to know I'm eating good food too :)
10. Another: The Israeli Avocado in Waitrose
Gilad ,   London UK   (02.28.10)
Here in the UK the nicest avocados (in my opinion of course) are 'waitrose perfectly ripe avocados'. They cost about 15 shekels for 2!! They import them from worldwide sources including Spain, Chile, Israel and others. These are the finest Avocado available. they are perfect and they are like cream.. no water, very little hard parts.. it's perfect for spreading on bread/rice cracker. And Israel (when it's the right season) is sold as much as any. So at least some avocados are right up there with the worlds finest... my only problem is: WHY CAN I NOT FIND SUCH AVOCADOS IN ISRAEL ITSELF?!?!? Bizzare!
11. avocados
alexander krawehl ,   hamburg/germany   (02.28.10)
top product, which we buy always in germany and now in france. Make your vegetables/fruits more available at the bigs chains like Leclerc
12. Avocados
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (02.28.10)
Excellent,for a people who did not do farming for the last 2000 years,1 of the Russian Tzars forbade Jews to own land because they are not good at farming,is it possible that the Tzar was wrong ? Israel excells in electronics,agriculture,science ,while 1 hand is used to defend itself against deadly enemies from near and afar,the other hand is doing great things in every field,if the Arabs and the other enemies of Israel and the Jews would let Israel live in peace,it would be to the benefit of the entire world.
13. when can we see these products in canada?
ralph   (02.28.10)
14. avocados
Helena ,   Finland   (02.28.10)
yes, Rivkah, avocados are good for us and the best first food for a baby! We eat avocados every day and bless Israel!
15. Fantastic news, but bring them over here now!
Etoile ,   Montreal, Canada   (02.28.10)
16. 14 Helena, Finland: Thank you for sharing that!
Rivkah   (02.28.10)
17. 10 Gilad, London UK: Maybe Israel ships its best fruit in
Rivkah   (02.28.10)
exports like California does. I never knew huge strawberries were grown in California until I went to a farmer's market in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where a brother lived at the time. There were HUGE 3 inch in diameter strawberries from California! Never saw such fruit in California, though.
18. @1 : thank you for your nice words.
the last israeli ,   israel   (03.01.10)
19. to #10 I visited London trust me
ghostq   (03.01.10)
the last thing you need to consern about is good avokados, cause the amount of smoke and industrial wast you breath dayly is much worse, just another word of advice in the underground hold your breath.
20. agrexco
Nathalie ,   Israel   (03.01.10)
I could not find the Wall street journal article about Agrexco: can the journalist post the link? thanks Nathalie
21. Be the best you can be..Build, Produce, Market
Al   (03.01.10)
Become the best you can be in industrial as well as agricultural output. The world still demands quality and the hell with Chinese/Swedish (Spec for Philip) crap. Be a producer..Thets where the value added money is to be made. Its doesnt take a genius to sell something that someone else made...It takes smart people to design produce and market quality product.
22. Legitimate Avocados
Gail Alfar ,   Austin USA   (03.02.10)
Israel can potentially enjoy being respected by the world, once all people regardless of race, are given equal rights in Israel. Lets see this happen and then the boycotts will end.
23. #22 Shove your boycott
Lina ,   usa   (03.03.10)
Let us know when all people in the US have equal rights. And keep your paws off Israeli avocados.
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