Mixed feelings about Wal*mart’s sustainable agriculture plan 17 October 2010 3:31 pm
Posted by Tracy in : agriculture,consumerism,economics,local food,Marion Nestle,news,sustainability,WFPA , add a commentLast Thursday, on Twitter:
@jorgeimontalvo Jorge I. Montalvo
Director, Strategic Initiatives, NYS Consumer Protection Board: food policy and consumer protection
Food folks: what do you think?: Wal-Mart Plans Drive to Buy More Locally Grown Produce: http://is.gd/g1Q9v@tracyfood Tracy
Food geek, one-time-regular blogger
@jorgeimontalvo I have more mixed feelings about Wal*Mart’s “Global Sustainable Agriculture” plan than fit in 140 chars. Must. Blog. Soon.
Here, at last, is my post.
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News stories, in roughly the order I saw them:
- The New York Times (the article Jorge linked, front page below the fold in Friday’s physical business section): Wal-Mart to Buy More Local Produce
- Tom Philpott on Grist: Walmart Doubles Down on Local Food
- Marion Nestle, as questioned by Kerry Trueman: Eating Liberally: What’s up with Walmart? (EL‘s title: “Let’s ask Marion Nestle: Is Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Strategy For Real?”)
- Corby Kummer on The Atlantic‘s fantastic food blog, where he first covered this story months ago: Walmart Goes Public With Sustainable Produce
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My first thought was, I’ll admit, a mix of kneejerk snobbery and “Solidarity Forever”: ew, Wal*mart. (more…)
