It seems the farmers of the Balearic Islands foresaw that avocado toast would become a staple snack in many countries: avocados have been cultivated in the Sóller Valley for almost twenty years. Faced with the need to diversify crops and thanks to the increased demand for avocados, the area's farmers opted for this tropical crop. Some have even uprooted orange trees and replaced them with avocados, whose fruit sells for more than oranges. Furthermore, it ripens after being picked, making it less urgent to harvest than an orange, as it remains green on the tree. There are currently 22.25 hectares of irrigated avocado orchards in Mallorca and 8.32 hectares in Ibiza, primarily of the Hass (the most widely traded variety worldwide) and Bacon varieties. A large portion of the island's avocados are consumed in Europe, especially in Germany.