Mexican Avocado Scarcity Affects Super Bowl Guacamole

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The Center for Biological Diversity says 28,000 people have signed an online petition calling fo Lakes e sustainable avocado-sourcing policies.

Part of the state next to neighboring Jalisco is certified to grow the blue Weber agave, the only plant from which true tequila can be distilled.

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