Agriculture

Wal-Mart and Organic Food - Try to say them both in one sentence.

This is a recent news release from the Cornucopia Institute in Wisconsin in regard to Wal-Mart increasing the amounts of "Organic" food in its stores and the likely outcome for both farmers and the organic food industry.

 


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Wal-Mart Declares War on Organic Farmers

Partners with Agribusiness for Corporate Takeover

CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN:

A report released today by The Cornucopia Institute, the nation's most aggressive organic farming watchdog, accuses Wal-Mart of cheapening the value of the organic label by sourcing products from industrial-scale factory farms and Third World countries, such as China.

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