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Attempting to breed cold-hardy avocados that can grow around the Salish Sea, by distributing avocado trees throughout the Cascadian lowlands. Posts are by the lead organizer, based in Seattle on occupied Duwamish land.

Header image description: two take-out trays filled with avocado seeds in soil, resting on a gravel floor

Profile photo description: close-up photo of an avocado flower cluster in bloom

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@bike @plants more accurately, a wild cousin of the avocado. The pre-domesticated avocado was likely not Persea schiedeana, it was a small version of Mexican avocado, and there are still some "wild" populations in the Mexican highlands that appear to have had minimal mixing with the domesticated genes. Here's one example, from this paper:
https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/47902

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