Dane County Local Food Policy Subcommittee's "Recipe for Success" Report Released
On July 18, 2005 after almost a year of work including a Local Food Summit Conference attended by over a hundred people in Feb. 2005, the Local Food Policy Advisory Subcommittee (LFPAS) to the Dane County Board of Supervisors has released its recommendations. They include establishment of a permanent Food Council for Dane County, which would be the first such body in the state of Wisconsin.
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Corporate Agribusiness Exposes
Welcome to Whole Foods – The “Walmart” of Organic
Whole Foods is the largest retail giant in the natural food sector in the U.S. with 168 stores nationwide (plus in Canada and Britain) and annual gross sales now exceeding $4.6 billion. In fact, Whole Foods has grown twice as fast the leading corporate grocer, Walmart, over the last four years. Started in a humble storefront at the corner of 8th and Rio Grande in Austin, TX back in 1978 by self-described “free market” libertarian and current CEO, John Mackay, Whole Foods grew parasitically throughout the 1990s.read more
Wal-Mart: the Quintessential Suburban Nightmare!
Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer – with 1489 mega-stores, 1397 Super Centers, 532 Sam's Clubs, and 56 neigborhood markets in the U.S alone as of 2003, and close to a tousand more abroad from Argentina to Germany. In fact, Wal-Mart is now the single largest private employer in the U.S. with 1.1 million "associates" and higher earnings than the gross national product (GNP) of 150 countries! In 2003 Wal-mart sold 19% of all groceries in the U.S. and recorded $9 billion in profits. Of the top fifteen richest people in the world, five are Wal-Mart heirs. The Walton family with its $90 billion is ranked among the richest in the world – along with Microsoft’s Bill Gates, and Saudi Royal Prince, Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud. read more...
