Linda’s comments:  Well, FINALLY, Walmart is waking up.  This is exciting news if they keep their word?  This hopefully will make shopping organically more affordable to consumers.  I do believe that the grocery side of Walmart is feeling the push/crunch of consumers flocking to the “farmers markets” popping up across the US.  I only hope that they use the same practices of protecting the consumers that Cosco does. 

I stay close at the side of the general manager at my Cosco and keep requesting organics…..Cosco is true to its consumer, as they have a department of scientists/investigators that visit their organic suppliers on a regular basis, testing the organic products they have in their stores.  A good example is, Cosco has not carried “frozen organic” blueberries for almost a year.  When I questioned the GM, he explained that they fired the supplier of organic blueberries, as their team of investigators found that the company was not living up to the quality of organic that Cosco wants for their consumers.  This is exciting folks….get to know your general manager of your local Cosco and let them know your need for organic products.  If they see the need, they will supply the product….my Cosco now carries organic chicken and hamburger….their frozen organic products and produce is also growing….Get all your friends to put suggestions in the “suggestion box” EVERYTIME they visit Cosco….talk to your general manager every time you go into Cosco and praise them for meeting your needs.  Don’t forget these suggestions box inquires go to corporate and this helps each GM get the products we want.

Full article: http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-wal-mart-goes-green-becomes-biggest-environmentalist/19521927?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fopinion%2Farticle%2Fopinion-wal-mart-goes-green-becomes-biggest-environmentalist%2F19521927

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Sugar is the new health food. Apple is larger than Microsoft. And Wal-Mart is now the world’s biggest environmentalist.

Bet you didn’t see that coming.

It wasn’t that long ago that Wal-Mart was a big and easy and almost daily target for environmental reporters. Leaders from Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club and others pushed Wal-Mart to do what it could to cut its environmental footprint.

And in 2005, Wal-Mart stopped defending its behavior and started changing the way it acted. Wal-Mart went green.

At first, many were skeptical. That is a polite way of saying no one believed them.

But today, Wal-Mart has made a believer out of environmentalists, as well as tens of thousands of business owners around the world who are scrambling to go green to meet the demands of the $400 billion a year gorilla.

And it’s shown how private enterprise, acting on its own without the force of law or the heavy hand of federal regulations, can make a huge difference to the environment.

Wal-Mart didn’t go gently into sustainability. It went full bore: Within a year of its announcement, the 2 million associates at 8,400 stores were squeezing energy — carbon — out of every nook and cranny in every store and warehouse.

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