Beginning in the 1970s the agricultural branches of the kibbutz were reduced in size and now include cotton and other field crops, avocado groves and cowsheds.

Stroll through luscious avocado groves to the beautiful ruins of this ceremonial site, which predates the Tarascan empire and thrived from about AD 450 to 900.

Allen Luce, a retired beekeeper, suspected the worst recently when he spied an unfamiliar red pickup truck parked beside the lush canopies of his neighbors' thousand-acre avocado grove.

Rio Hondo is mainly made up of farmlands; the likes of which include mango groves, lime groves, avocado groves, cattle, and tilapia farms.

Only two years earlier, he and Mrs. Burton, 58, a retired teacher, had moved into the home, which overlooks miles of avocado groves.

In 2011, laurel wilt-infected trees were detected in Miami-Dade County, near areas of commercial avocado groves.

Fallbrook is known for its avocado groves and claims the title "Avocado Capital of the World."

He spent his last days in his wife's avocado groves, making up pitiful profit-and-loss lists calculated to the penny.

Northwood High School sits in a narrow valley in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains, and was surrounded by working avocado groves at its founding.

Vistors find a serene countryside of small towns, horse ranches ringed by split-rail fences and citrus and avocado groves, which flourish in the mild year-round climate.