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It’s easy to eat green at Melrose natural food store

Natural food store in Melrose started as a ’70s co-op

By Kathy Shiels Tully

 |  Globe correspondent  

  March 01, 2012

From the health-food conscious to those dealing with a health-related issue, hundreds have found their way to Green Street Natural Food in Melrose, first started by Winnie and Jerry Cantin in 1975 as a food co-operative. Swinging open the screen door, an all-vegetarian, organic world awaits, filled with products, produce, and personal care products that either the Cantins, or their son, Jason, 36, have researched and selected.

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