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                                                                    Exhibit 99.3

                                  CERTIFICATION

         I, Jay Rosengarten, Chief Executive Officer of Lucille Farms, Inc. (the
         "Registrant"), certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of the Registrant;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
         such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
         covered by this annual report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information included in this annual report, fairly present in all
         material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
         cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
         this annual report;

4.       The Registrant's other certifying officers and I am responsible for
         establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Registrant and
         we have:

         a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

         b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure controls
and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this
annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

         c) presented in this annual report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation
as of the Evaluation Date;

5.       The Registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
         on our most recent evaluation, to the Registrant's auditors and the
         audit committee of Registrant's board of directors (or persons
         performing the equivalent function):

         a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the Registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
Registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

         b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's internal
controls; and

6.       The Registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
         annual report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
         controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal
         controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,
         including any corrective actions with regard to significant
         deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Dated:   July 31, 2003

By: /s/ Jay M. Rosengarten
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Jay Rosengarten
Chief Executive Officer