Index Fresh, an avocado packing and distribution company HQ in Riverside, CA, recently spearheaded a ribbon-cutting for its new, 60,000 square foot avocado ripening and packing facility in Pharr, TX. The cold-storage warehouse, geared specifically to accept avocados from Mexico, ripen them, and then send them north to various parts of the United States. The new facility, in the 90-acre Pharr Produce Park, is the company's second ripening center. The company handles avocados from Chile, to Peru, to Mexico.