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Grex > Kitchen > #273: Organic, modified, or conventional fruit | |
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tod
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Organic, modified, or conventional fruit
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May 29 21:40 UTC 2008 |
Received this tip from my Aunt:
If you are concerned about buying genetically modified foods without knowing
it, here is the way to tell:
Look for the labels stuck on your fruits and veggies:
* A four-digit number means it's conventionally grown
* A five-digit number beginning with 9 means it's organic
* A five-digit number beginning with 8 means it's genetically
modified
(I've fact checked this on numerous sources and it appears to be legit)
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keesan
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response 1 of 12:
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May 30 00:36 UTC 2008 |
None of the fruits and vegetables at the market have numbers on them. I could
ask the growser.
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slynne
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response 2 of 12:
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May 30 00:38 UTC 2008 |
Are you talking about the farmer's market? Do they have fruit and
vegetables yet. Last time I went it was all flowers.
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keesan
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response 3 of 12:
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May 30 00:49 UTC 2008 |
I don't know - I only go in the fall to get eggplants to freeze, and
watermelons. Right now we are swamped with mustard greens and after I pull
them out we will eat the spinach and Chinese rape and other greens such as
arugula and lettuce. Someone at market must have lettuce and mustard and
asparagus and rhubarb by now, and spinach. Peas come later (unless we eat
the vines stir-fried). I also planted red orach and we are eating the wild
amaranth and lambs quarters (and I planted a pink version) and the purslane
(wild green and tame yellow) is probably edible but tiny. The leeks are big
enough to eat, and the garlic greens. The strawberries are green.
We also freeze canteloupe and corn in the fall.
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