More on Those Anoying Little Stickers on Fruits & Vegetables!

Until today I found nothing good about those annoying little stickers you find on fruits and vegetables. Today I found out that you can use these stickers to check them against the sign that gives the price and says if a fruit/vegetable is organic or commercial. Mislabeling can happen intentionally or by someone just being careless. Here's what happened at one Whole Foods in Florida.

Decoding The Annoying Little Stickers
On Fruits & Vegetables
FruitSticker.com

In joyous celebration of all that is good and health-giving I like growing my own fruits and vegetables or burying directly from farmers. When I do this I can be more assured of the quality of my produce… and there are no annoying little stickers to remove! But if you must buy fruits and vegetables with annoying little stickers you should know what information they contain. In this way, you can make purchases that better support your health, the health of your family and our precious Earth!

• Conventionally grown produce has a 4-digit number
• Organically grown produce has a 5-digit number that begins with a "9"
• Genetically modified produce has a 5-digit number that begins with an "8"

Produce Stickers Don't Compost

If you are composting your kitchen scraps, you need to be diligent about removing the little oval stickers on produce. They are plastic and will not break-down. Peel them off or cut them out and put them in the garbage. You do not want plastic in your compost.