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  • Tomatoes are an excelelnt source of vitamin C
  • Eating tomatoes can help aid in digestion
  • The first tomatoes can be traced back to the Andes in Peru, where they grew wild as cherry-sized berries. As early as 700 AD, the Incas and Aztecs began cultivating tomato plants.
  • Mexico's Aztecs and Mayans gave the tomato its name, first "xitornatle,' then "tornatle" or "tornati."
Source: Whatcom Farm to School

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