[TheUWfarm] Walmart's local, organic produce (fwd)

Here is a link to a recent Atlantic Monthly article on Wal-Mart's campaign to lure the concerned middle-scale consumer who were freaked out by Whole Foods' founder John Mackay's opposition to health care reform and his climate change denialism.

See also the response from fair food fight, which gives a bit more detail on what Wal-Mart is really up to.

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:28:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Julia Knott <julia.knott@yahoo.com>
To: pugetsoundfoodpolicy@lists.onenw.org
Subject: Re: [pugetsoundfoodpolicy] Walmart's local, organic produce

Here's a great analysis and critique of the Atlantic article and Walmart's foray into local food on the blog Fair Food Fight:

http://www.fairfoodfight.org/blog/el-drag%C3%B3n/walmart-answer-locavore-prayers

--- On Thu, 2/25/10, Michele Catalano <mcat99@mindspring.com> wrote:

From: Michele Catalano <mcat99@mindspring.com>
Subject: [pugetsoundfoodpolicy] Walmart's local, organic produce
To: pugetsoundfoodpolicy@lists.onenw.org
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 2:30 AM

An interesting article, The Great Grocery Smackdown, from The Atlantic magazine takes a close look at how Walmart is buying and promoting local, organic produce and compares Walmart's offerings to Whole Foods, prompting the question of whether Walmart supporting local food more than Whole Foods.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201003/walmart-local-produce

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