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Avocados: Not As Green As You Think?

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss Avocado, fruit, green, vegetable

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…

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