AVOCADO RUSTLERS BEWARE!

This nondescript piece of land, behind barb wire is an 
AVOCADO ORCHARD. It is located next to a favorite hiking trail. 
It is 1 of many 100 acre orchards in our county, which is the #2 producer of avocados, statewide, just behind San Diego county.  California.produces 3/4 of the avocados grown in the US; & most are consumed here.  

The owners mean business, (SEE EXTRA) about protecting their 
crop.  In 2017, 3 men stole $300,000 worth of wholesale avocados.
Habitual theft of avocados in groves is a big problem, due to high demand
& increasing market price.  There is even a Avocado Theft Reporting. Hotline. WANTED signs are posted online for the arrest of known thieves.

My husband & I eat avocados regularly, but were more interested in the
rusty piece of equipment, for DERELICT SUNDAY.  We think  it might be a water pump or a heater, both of which are used in this industry.  Once we saw the menacing sign, I took a quick blip & headed to the car.