narrator: on thihis episode of "e"earth fococus," avocadodos he become one of the most popular foods on the planet and exploded into a multibillion-dollar industry. the petorca province in chille is a hub of worldldwie avocado production, but the growth of the industry has created a crisis over water rights, raising questions about the moral dimensions of how our avocados are grown and consumed.

different announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by a grant from anne ray foundation, a margaret a. cargill philanthropy; the orange county community foundation; anththe farvue f foundation. [man s speaking spanish]

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announcer: "earth focus" is made

possible in part by a grant from anne rayay foundation, a margart a.a. cargill philanthrhropy; the orange county commmmunity foundation;; and the farvue f foundation.

[drums beating] [animals screeching] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the best-selling author of "brown is the new white," steve phillips. [applause] steve: good morning. audience: good morning. steve: i'm delighted to be here. this is my first bioneers conference, so i'm honored to be with y you here. [cheering and applause] and i'm particularly delighted to be able to introduce the keynote speaker vien truong. her bio and all of her accomplishments are online, and ou