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AvoIntel™: How Well Do You Know Your California Avocados?

As a California-based company, we hold the California avocado season close to our hearts. Mission was founded in Oxnard, California, in 1983, and we’ve been selling the World’s Finest Avocados™ ever since. With the 2025 California season off to an early start, we’re looking forward to a high-quality season!

Keep reading for some fun facts about California avocados!

Avocados: California’s Favorite Fruit

California is the largest producer of avocados in the U.S.,1 and they have become an iconic part of California’s agricultural landscape. In fact, the world-famous Hass avocado tree originated right here in Southern California.1 Rudolph Hass propagated the first one in the late 1920s, and the rest is history.1

48,000+ Acres of Green Goodness

California boasts more than 48,000 acres of avocado trees,2 producing some of the highest-quality avocados in the world. At Mission, we work with hundreds of growers along the Pacific Coast to cultivate high-quality, high-producing trees that keep the avocado love going strong.

California Avocados Stay Local!

Most of our California avocados stay close to home, with the majority landing in the Western U.S., nearly half of which stay in California!3 Check out where Mission’s California avocados go:

California Leads the Way in Avocado Consumption

Californians don’t just grow avocados—they eat a lot of them too! Here’s how the popularity of avocados in California compares to the rest of the U.S.:

California Season is Here Early!

California avocado season typically peaks during the summer, an optimal time for avocado consumption. And this year, the season is off to an early start so you can enjoy the best of California even sooner.

Ready to Discover Mission’s World’s Finest Avocados™ from California? Email SalesReps@missionproduce.com.


1California Avocado Commission. Avocado Facts. 2020.
2California Avocado Commission. Acreage Inventory Summaries. 2024.
3Calculated using Mission’s 2024 California Avocado Sales.
4Numerator Shopper Metrics CA vs. Total US Shoppers 2024.
5Calculated using Circana California region sales, supply from the Hass Avocado Board, and population metrics from the Census Bureau.
6Calculated using supply from the Hass Avocado Board and population metrics from the Census Bureau.