I am glad to see that...maybe there is hope for Walmart. They have also made a lot of progress in some of their other green initiatives. Maybe they are finally wizening up...one could only hope. Most of the local grocery stores by me get a lot of produce from local farms (Chicago area is surrounded by lots and lots of farmland), so anything to keep things local is good. Keeping it local helps the local economy and helps to reduce fuel consumption and thus reduces our dependence on foreign oil. Smaller farms tend to be greener in their practices than the mass corporate farms.
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 10:03 AM To: cf-community Subject: Big Bad Wal-Mart is at it again.... http://www.slashfood.com/2010/10/15/wal-mart-moves-to-peddle-more-local-prod uce/\\ '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:329263 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
