What are those little stickers on my vegetables?

[Guest guest]

I got this in the e-mail and I figured I'd forward this on as its one of

those you learn something new every day things

 

Have a great weekend folks!

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

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http://www.alittleolfactory.com

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VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL DIRECTOR CARLENE STEADMAN

 

I didn't know until I read it last night that the little stickers on

loose fruits and vegetables have valuable information on them! According

to a letter from 'a scientist knowledgeable in the field of genetically

modified organisms (GMOs)' in the October 2003 issue of Gourmet

magazine:

 

" A useful tip to the consumer [would be] a primer on how to read the

little stickers on loose fruits and vegetables. Besides providing the

store's cash registers and computers with product identification and

price information, these stickers can tell you a lot about the food you

are buying. A label with four digits indicates conventionally grown

food. Labels with five digits starting with an 8 indicate that the food

is genetically modified. Labels with 5 digits starting with a 9 indicate

that the food is organically grown. "

 

Well as soon as I read this I looked at all my little stickers and it's

true! All my organic food had stickers with 5 digits beginning with 9

and all the conventional food had stickers with four digits. There were

no five digits beginning with 8, nor do I plan for there to be, but what

a great thing to know! Am I the last one to know this?

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

to be, but what

a great thing to know! Am I the last one to know this?

 

Nope. It's 9:12 p.m. here in Arizona. Whoever reads this later than me is

the last to know it. lol

 

Janine

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I dug this post out of the archives:

When buying vegetables and fruits, be aware that those little stickers

designate how it was grown:

> " A useful tip to the consumer [would be] a primer on how to read the

>little stickers on loose fruits and vegetables. Besides providing the

>store's cash registers and computers with product identification and

>price information, these stickers can tell you a lot about the food you

>are buying.

 

>A label with four digits indicates conventionally grown

>food. Labels with five digits starting with an 8 indicate that the food

>is genetically modified. Labels with 5 digits starting with a 9 indicate

>that the food is organically grown. "

 

I had panicked over the weekend because I saw the Peruvian asparagus I got

from Costco had 5 digits beginning with a 9, and I forgot the code, and

thought GMO,eeekkk! I feel sooo much better knowing it was organic. Phew.

 

I just have to remember 8 is evil, since I knew the four digits were

conventional. 9 is good, 9 is good, 9 is good...

http://member.newsguy.com/~herblady

[Guest guest]

HA!

 

Yes, we very much like #9. And I am glad to say that I've not even seen

a #8!

 

Now too bad there isn't a # for " conventional BUT pesticide free " or

" organic, just not certified " . I know of several farms (back in Colorado

knew some farmers personally) that have part of their farms and crops

certified organic, but even the parts of the farm that aren't certified

are using the same organic standard, so in essence all their crops are

organic, but the produce that is certified costs more because they had

to pay a lot of money for their certificate and have to recoup the cost

of it. So in those cases I got the produce that was not labeled organic,

but was grown just the same cause it was cheaper! Then I knew of some

farms that were not certified organic at all, but were organic farms.

 

Morton's orchards are a perfect example of what I was talking about

above (at least they used to be, I don't know if they got completely

certified within the past year).

http://www.boulderfarmers.org/mortons/

 

Oh, I have to see if Mary and David can send me a case of their peaches

and cherries when they are in season. SO VERY YUMMY! (ok, their pears,

nectarines, raspberries and apricots are amazing too).

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

 

Anya [mccoy]

 

 

I dug this post out of the archives:

When buying vegetables and fruits, be aware that those little stickers

designate how it was grown:

> " A useful tip to the consumer [would be] a primer on how to read the

>little stickers on loose fruits and vegetables. Besides providing the

>store's cash registers and computers with product identification and

>price information, these stickers can tell you a lot about the food you

>are buying.

 

>A label with four digits indicates conventionally grown

>food. Labels with five digits starting with an 8 indicate that the food

>is genetically modified. Labels with 5 digits starting with a 9

indicate

>that the food is organically grown. "

 

I had panicked over the weekend because I saw the Peruvian asparagus I

got

from Costco had 5 digits beginning with a 9, and I forgot the code, and

thought GMO,eeekkk! I feel sooo much better knowing it was organic.

Phew.

 

I just have to remember 8 is evil, since I knew the four digits were

conventional. 9 is good, 9 is good, 9 is good...

http://member.newsguy.com/~herblady

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

At 09:25 AM 3/2/2004 -0600, you wrote:

>

>Oh, I have to see if Mary and David can send me a case of their peaches

>and cherries when they are in season. SO VERY YUMMY! (ok, their pears,

>nectarines, raspberries and apricots are amazing too).

 

Shut up, Chris, unless you want to be forced to organize a co-op of that

stuff for us all!

(peaches, cherries, pears, oh, all the temperate zone stuff! it's usually

cardboard when it reaches here, picked when rock hard)http://member.newsguy.com/~herblady