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Avocados: Not As Green As You Think?

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Avocados are grown with lots of water and fertilizer and pesticides, mostly in Central America, and shipped all over the world.

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Canada Leads Way on Nutrition With New Food Guide

Georgina Guiney Animal Justice, Canada, dairy, diet, dietary, eat, eating, edible, First Lady, food, fruit, fruits, guide, guidelines, juice, lactose, low-fat, Michelle, milk, MyPlate, nutrition, Obama, protein, pyramid, USDA, vegetable, vegetables, veggies, water, yogurt

Canada’s new Food Guide incorporates input from 20,000 Canadians and gives its neighbors to the south a whole new set of best practices to chew on…