America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food Slideshow

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by Anonymous, Feb 18, 2011 @ 6:59 PM

Yeah, WalMart's all about sustainability.... Sure, let's re-define "organic" so its no higher in quality than all the other crap WalMart sells.

by Anonymous, Feb 19, 2011 @ 11:00 AM

your just an idiot. so your calling all the vegetables that are purchased locally, and help our economy, crap. i think your crap.

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#8 Mike Duke, President and CEO, Walmart

Whether you love it or love to hate it, you simply cannot deny that Wal-Mart has a lot of weight to throw. It is not only the world’s largest grocer — think of all that purchasing power — but is also, you may be surprised to learn, the nation's number-one customer for organic foods. That said, it has also lobbied strenuously to loosen the legal definition of "organic" so that more products can bear that label. Still, since becoming CEO in 2004, Duke has made a commitment to have the company purchase more locally grown produce and instituted a program of sourcing sustainably grown produce.

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