http://www.slashfood.com/2010/10/15/wal-mart-moves-to-peddle-more-local-produce/\\
'Wal-Mart practically had us at hello with their sustainability announcement yesterday, and we weren't alone. News that the retailing behemoth was launching a new global commitment to sustainable agriculture, with a focus on small and medium-sized farmers had blogs and Twitter feeds ablaze. The announcement wasn't vague. It outlined specific goals that Wal-Mart is committed to reach by 2015. Among them: * Selling $1 billion in food sourced from 1 million small and medium farmers. * Asking suppliers about the water, energy, fertilizer and pesticide used per unit of food produced. * Implementing a requirement for sustainably sourced palm oil for all Wal-Mart private-brand products. * Sourcing only beef that does not contribute to the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon.' -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329262 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
