Technically, I am giving reasons why I do not buy certain products at Wal-Mart.
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > See...now you are giving reasons why not to shop at Walmart ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 8:41 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Big Bad Wal-Mart is at it again.... > > > We get all our produce from the local supermarket for 2 reasons. > > 1. Its from 'local' farmers > 2. Wal-marts produce just sucks ass. > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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:329276 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
