I grow the most expensive plants I eat to be thrifty. I plant vines on a high shelf and let them hang. I use transparent shelves to let in light in my window garden.

New ways to water and light plants mean you can raise some of your own organic food in a small space to lower food bills.

There is also a you tube video showing the rise of growing food on walls outside or inside any building.

tv documentary about scarce food in parts of the U.S. If some of those foods cost less or even the same as the ones you buy now, you could ask neighbors to buy as a group with you and lower the cost of online groceries and the shipping cost. If you have a cell phone, compare the online grocers that ship directly to your door. It is profitable for some grocery stores to cooperate and do this. Places where large populations do not have access to food or just 1 grocery store. If you cannot buy locally, choose NUMBER 9 for Organic. Your local farmer may choose not to certify himself organic due to cost reasons but still be an organic farmer according to the way he grows his fruits and veggies. Remember, in order to be certified USDA Organic the farmer has to jump through hoops and go through years of testing the soil BEFORE he can grow anything on his land. If it is during off season, organic would be my next best choice. Bottom line:īuy your fruit locally if at all possible at your local farmers markets. It has been grown with pesticides already built in and has been modified.Ī 5 digit code (starting with the number 9) – means your fruit is certified organic. If you don’t see a label with 5 digits it is safe to assume your fruit has been grown with pesticides and chemicals in nutrient depleted soil.Ī 5 digit code (starting with the number 8) – means your fruit has been genetically modified. LABELS ON FRUIT ARE DIVIDED INTO 3 DISTINCT CATEGORIES:Ī 4 digit code – means your fruit was conventionally raised. But only fruits get an actual label and that label tells the consumer HOW the fruit was grown. Have you ever wondered what all those different numbered labels on fruit really mean? Besides making it easy for the cashiers to ring you up, they do serve a more specific purpose?Ĭoding is applied to not only fruits, but vegetables, herbs, AND nuts.

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