Comments on: Picking Green Produce is a Numbers Game http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/04/picking-green-produce-is-a-numbers-game/ SoLoMo and Green Living Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: morizongreen http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/04/picking-green-produce-is-a-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-12 morizongreen Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:05:54 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/04/picking-green-produce-is-a-numbers-game/#comment-12 This was an exciting new green tip for me, so I did my own quick research on the subject. If you read the article on WIRED.com "Cracking the Frankenfood Code, we learn that there is no requirement for grocers to use the PLU code, which does make it an unreliable labeling system for conscious consumers. Another reason it may not be as useful system now, as it may prove to be in the future (more GMO produce in the marketplace), is that most of the GMO's (i.e. rapeseed, corn, soy) are ingredients in our processed foods, which don't have PLU codes. Even so, from now on, every time I'm at the market, I'll be shopping by the numbers! This was an exciting new green tip for me, so I did my own quick research on the subject. If you read the article on WIRED.com “Cracking the Frankenfood Code, we learn that there is no requirement for grocers to use the PLU code, which does make it an unreliable labeling system for conscious consumers.

Another reason it may not be as useful system now, as it may prove to be in the future (more GMO produce in the marketplace), is that most of the GMO’s (i.e. rapeseed, corn, soy) are ingredients in our processed foods, which don’t have PLU codes.

Even so, from now on, every time I’m at the market, I’ll be shopping by the numbers!

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