Guest guest Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Hello, I don't know what the 3 stands for (but would like to). However, I do have something I would like to share regarding tomatoes. I only know this for a fact regarding Ontario (Canada) produced tomatos, peppers, and cucumbers. The ones grown in a greenhouse are almost always pesticide free (a friend's family runs a series of greenhouses). They will use pesticides on occasion but this is extremely rare (so they can't be certified organic). As I understand it, it is due to the controlled environment of the greenhouse. Anyway, you still can't get greenhouse tomatos all year in Ontario due to the cold weather (too costly to heat the greenhouses). It might be worth looking into in other regions of North America to see if the same holds true. I, personally, avoid as much imported food as possible (for food that we grow in Ontario...I still buy oranges, bananas, etc). So, for me, it is nice to eat a " local " tomato in November. For what it's worth. Paula , Jerri Schlenker <jerrischlenker wrote: > > I¹ve been trying to look this up with no luck. Today at the grocery as I > was buying fruits and vegetables I ran across a upc on tomatoes beginning > with the number 3. I know those beginning with 8 are genetically modified, > those with 4 are regular and those with 9 are organic, but had no clue what > a 3 meant. Anyway, I just decided to forget the tomatoes because of this. > It¹s rare that I even buy tomatoes out of season after we¹ve grown them > ourselves. > > Thanks, > > Jerri > http://justjera.wordpress.com/ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I never heard that before at all! Thanks for sharing! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Jerri Schlenker <jerrischlenkerwrote: > I¹ve been trying to look this up with no luck. Today at the grocery as I > was buying fruits and vegetables I ran across a upc on tomatoes beginning > with the number 3. I know those beginning with 8 are genetically modified, > those with 4 are regular and those with 9 are organic, but had no clue what > a 3 meant. Anyway, I just decided to forget the tomatoes because of this. > It¹s rare that I even buy tomatoes out of season after we¹ve grown them > ourselves. > > Thanks, > > Jerri > http://justjera.wordpress.com/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 My sister works at a store, I will have to ask her if she knows. My thought is maybe it means they were grown in Mexico. I noticed that all of the tomatoes available at our store were grown there. I reluctantly purchsed some for a party...We have about 12 tomato plants planted outside, can't wait for them to produce! , " peej2e2 " <johnsontew wrote: > > Hello, > > I don't know what the 3 stands for (but would like to). However, I do have something I would like to share regarding tomatoes. I only know this for a fact regarding Ontario (Canada) produced tomatos, peppers, and cucumbers. The ones grown in a greenhouse are almost always pesticide free (a friend's family runs a series of greenhouses). They will use pesticides on occasion but this is extremely rare (so they can't be certified organic). As I understand it, it is due to the controlled environment of the greenhouse. > > Anyway, you still can't get greenhouse tomatos all year in Ontario due to the cold weather (too costly to heat the greenhouses). It might be worth looking into in other regions of North America to see if the same holds true. > > I, personally, avoid as much imported food as possible (for food that we grow in Ontario...I still buy oranges, bananas, etc). So, for me, it is nice to eat a " local " tomato in November. > > For what it's worth. > > Paula > > , Jerri Schlenker <jerrischlenker@> wrote: > > > > I¹ve been trying to look this up with no luck. Today at the grocery as I > > was buying fruits and vegetables I ran across a upc on tomatoes beginning > > with the number 3. I know those beginning with 8 are genetically modified, > > those with 4 are regular and those with 9 are organic, but had no clue what > > a 3 meant. Anyway, I just decided to forget the tomatoes because of this. > > It¹s rare that I even buy tomatoes out of season after we¹ve grown them > > ourselves. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jerri > > http://justjera.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I found a listing of Produce Look Up Numbers here http://www.plucodes.com/ I read an article that said that 9 before those numbers meant that the item was organic, but if an 8 prefaced the number that the item was GMO... they didn't say what that meant. But kept saying if prefaced by 9 you are fine, but if by 8 don't put it on your plate. Having said all that, several of the numbers in the normal 4 digit codes start with a 3. I don't know if that helps, but that's what I came up with. Perhaps, next time you see it you could jot down everything on the label to do a better search. --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Elaine Pollard <elainepollard wrote: Elaine Pollard <elainepollard Re: Universal Product Codes Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12:48 PM I never heard that before at all! Thanks for sharing! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Jerri Schlenker <jerrischlenker@ >wrote: > I¹ve been trying to look this up with no luck. Today at the grocery as I > was buying fruits and vegetables I ran across a upc on tomatoes beginning > with the number 3. I know those beginning with 8 are genetically modified, > those with 4 are regular and those with 9 are organic, but had no clue what > a 3 meant. Anyway, I just decided to forget the tomatoes because of this. > It¹s rare that I even buy tomatoes out of season after we¹ve grown them > ourselves. > > Thanks, > > Jerri > http://justjera. wordpress. com/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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