TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh has said that he refuses to eat avocados for breakfast because of their “excessive carbon footprint” and prefers a lot of shreddies.
Writing in Gardener’s World magazine, Titchmarsh said that he could not bear the idea of ”forcing” the “stupid” fruit first thing in the morning, before suggesting that he believed it was environmentally friendly. It should be boycotted.
“There seems to be a huge movement toward smashed avocados on sourdough bread. I can’t think of anything more insignificant to lower my neck at the crack of dawn,” he wrote.
“And then there are environmental considerations,” he went on. “I can’t find myself contributing to the huge carbon footprint involved in eating avocados and shipping them across the ocean to my breakfast table, not to mention the wholesale destruction of rainforests for this kind of plantation. No, avocados A non-starter for me.”
This isn’t the first time Titchmarsh has spoken out on the environment. In 2019 he told the same magazine that it would be “hypocritical” for green campaigners to criticize governments and celebrities for not doing enough to fight climate change, while also blocking their gardens from block-paving, imported out-of-pocket -Continue doing things like buying the season. Fruits, and eating avocado.
According to the Sustainable Food Trust, 320 liters of water are required to grow a single avocado, with demand in the global North fueling the export of the green fruit over long distances and their growth on vast farms in Central and South America.
Instead of eating avocado for breakfast, the 72-year-old broadcaster said that, despite it not being overly filling, he was a “supreme fan.” Although he believes Weetabix is better at fueling a busy day in the garden, he says he can only manage three, and is blown away when his youngest daughter, Camilla, ate six.
“I’m a devoted Shreddies fan, but their claim of keeping hunger off until lunch is optimistic if you plan on getting energized in the spade and fork department,” he wrote.
“Then Vitabix? Yes. But how many? When my youngest daughter was in elementary school, her personal best at breakfast was six. Six! And that was a small thing. Still surprising. My own best three.” and it seems to be doing the trick until coffee time.
Titchmarsh said he longs to come down one morning and find steamed kippers or some finely crafted kedgeree for his entertainment and enjoyment. “Porridge! Breakfast is fine now.”