How do you know if your produce is organic?
Have you ever looked at your fruit or vegetable and noticed a sticker with a number code on it? That’s a PLU number, a way to categorize the produce. If you see a “9″ in the beginning of a five digit code, it’s organic. If you see a “8″ in the beginning of a five digits, then it’s actually genetically modified. If there are only 4 digits in the PLU number, then it’s conventional, meaning that it’s not organic.
This video does a good job explaining what organic really means by interviewing Capay Farms in the Ferry Building, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/public/page/8_0004.html
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Hi Christine, wanted to let you know that Lydia’s in Fairfax is closing her restaurant to concentrate on her dehydrated foods business. Very disappointing for us vegetarian organic fans!
Keep up all the great work.
I’m very sad to hear she is closing her restaruant. I really like that place. I’ve counted so many vegetarian restaurants close within the past year–Stoa in Palo Alto, Roxanne’s in Marin, and The BayLeaf Cafe in Palo Alto.
Love the advice! Keep it up
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