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Jen
Expedition Leader
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
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 Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 3:18:19 PM
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Wal-Mart's Senior Director of Sustainability, Rand Waddroup, posted an entry on Wal-Mart's blog yesterday enititled "Sustainable Industrialized Food?" in response to a comment on a previous post questioning whether probiotically-enhanced yogurts like DanActive represent some kind of great technological breakthrough. Waddroup wrote:
“Having finished Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma just a few nights ago, I've been thinking a lot about this topic and in general about food, health, and sustainability. Quoting Michael Pollan from In Defense of Food, "We are eating a lot of edible food-like substances, which is to say highly processed things that might be called yogurt, might be called cereals, whatever, but in fact are very intricate products of food science that are really imitations of foods."
He then goes on to solicit feedback:
"I know food, in general, is a very sensitive topic for a lot of people, but what do you think should and can be done in the short term to make the industrialized food chain better? What products should Wal-Mart have that they don't to meet your desires for a more sustainable food assortment? If you could choose one item you would want removed from stores, what would it be?”
You can question Waddroup’s motives and sincerity, as I’m sure many folks will, but how often do we have an opportunity to give America’s number one food retailer our two cents’ worth? Here's the link if anyone cares to comment:
http://www.checkoutblog.com/entries/2008/2/26/yogurt___good_or_bad.aspx
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Libbie
outstepping
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 9:56:25 PM
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You know, at least he/they are acknowledging there is a problem. I don't know what to think about his motivations and sincerity, but I applaud the fact that a discussion is even happening in the first place.
XOXO, Libbie
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Jen
Expedition Leader
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
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Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 10:47:54 AM
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Yep. I tend toward skepticism, but nothing will improve without discussion.
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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