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January

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, collards, endive, grapefruit, kale, forced rhubarb, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, shallots, squash, tangerines, turnip
Fish & Meat – Goose, lobster, scallops

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February

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, chard, celery, chicory, endive, forced rhubarb, grapefruit, kohlrabi, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, spinach, swede, turnip
Fish & Meat – Mussels, halibut, guinea fowl, lobster

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March

Fruit & Vegetables – Artichokes, avocados, bananas, beans (green & wax), beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, endive, grapefruit, leeks, mint, mooli, nectarines, parsley, pineapples, onions (bermuda), oranges, radishes, rhubarb, rutabagas, …

The nonprofit Environmental Working Group studied 47 fruits and vegetables and ranked them according to contamination.
You can get the iphone app of this list or a .pdf at their web site.
Use the list when you shop to determine which organic produce you should be buying.

The price tag stopped Yvonne Smith in her tracks.
Grocery shoppers continued to grab items from the refrigerated cases around her, but Smith, a local Realtor, said she couldn’t take her eyes off the eggs during a recent shopping trip. She marveled that the Fort Wayne store was charging $1.69 for a dozen eggs – an item that cost less than 90 cents a few years ago.
“I think everything today is high,” Smith said. “You just wish they’d say stop.”
But grocery prices continue to soar, even in a faltering economy. Although …

The Wells Fargo Consumer Price Index, released Tuesday, showed that overall, nonseasonally adjusted prices fell 2.6 percent in November. The Utah decrease outpaced the national nonseasonally adjusted decline of 1.9 percent and the 1.7 percent decline after seasonal adjustment. The 1.7 percent decrease was the largest amount on record going back 61 years, as energy costs posted nearly double the decline of the previous month.
Transportation costs led the way in Utah, falling 13.4 percent in November, reflective of gasoline prices. Nationally, gasoline prices fell 9.9 percent.
Transportation accounts for 15.7 percent …

(NC)-If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to kick your health routine into high gear, consider this solution – drink a glass of pure fruit juice each day. While your schedule may not allow you the time for healthy meal planning, know that there are quick and healthy options that can fit into anyone’s day-to-day routine. One of the easiest ways to stay healthy and keep your energy up is opting for a natural and nutritious choice found in 100 per cent pure orange juice.
“Our bodies naturally crave …