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[Bevanron <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

I shop at Walmart several times a year.  I don't like their politics and 
the way they treat some of their employees, so I shop local whenever I 
can, but I do sometimes go in there either because of the convenience of 
making one stop instead of 4 or because they have what I can get 
elsewhere (like little duckie pools at the end of summer).

Gene GeRue wrote:

> > All that said IMO when WalMart and Monsanto decide what can have the
> > "organic" label it won't be organic anymore.

I think the term means something far differently today than it did 10 
years ago.  It's just like the term Free-Range....which used to mean 
"chickens running loose and not in laying batteries" but now seems to 
mean "chickens running loose inside a chicken house".

> We need a people's revolution. Perhaps misusing the organic label 
> will become the trigger.

Doubtful.  The masses are poor.  Poor people can't afford to buy organic 
food-they grow their own if they eat it or they don't eat 'organic'. 
Out west where organic foods are more trendy, maybe there will be a 
revolution, but I don't see that happening outside of the wealthier 
suburban areas in most parts of the country. On the other hand, money 
talks.  Hopefully the boomers in their SUV's can yell and stomp really 
loud and be heard, if they can slow down long enough from bragging about 
their new house and how many activities they taxi their kids to and fro.


> I am optimistic that truth will out. The Internet makes it easy for 
> all of us to report what we learn. Big companies, including WalMart, 
> are becoming ever more sensitive to public image. Do a search and you 
> may be impressed with all that WalMart is doing to improve its image 
> and, believe it or don't, improve the world.

I sure hope so.  It's about time.  In my little town, we are trying to 
get WM to change their lighting policy to thwart light 
pollution....unsuccessful to date.
Someone mentioned "made in the USA".  I seem to recall that that's what 
made Sam Walton's stores the mega giants that they are.  Somewhere along 
the line, they dropped that logo and started buying overseas, but 
originally, they did promote USA products.

Bev

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erthnsky AT bellsouth.net  BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm      NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
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