permaculture

["Eugene F. Monaco" <efmonaco@comcast.net>]

Can anyone verify this?



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VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM A FRIEND

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?