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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Visits Walmart
Today I’m in Bentonville, Ark., at Walmart’s headquarters to visit with associates and talk about some of USDA’s initiatives around rural development and nutrition. In my four years as Secretary of Agriculture, those two things have been priorities for me.
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Make sustainable living a family affair
If you haven’t already done so, Earth Month is the perfect time to start teaching your family about living a more eco-friendly life. But it can sometimes be difficult to find an age-appropriate and fun way to motivate them to do so. That’s why we’ve decided to create weekly tips specifically for Earth Month.
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Celebrate Earth Month with The Green Room
This month is Earth Month, a celebration of the environment and sustainability that culminates with Earth Day on April 22. It’s a great time to focus on the importance of sustainability and how we can make it part of our daily lives. And since that’s also the goal of The Green Room, we wanted to give a sneak preview of how Walmart is celebrating Earth Month.
Read more ›Making seafood more sustainable, one fishery at a time
There’s a lot of talk about how responsible consumers should skip seafood from unsustainable fisheries – fish that are on a ‘red’ or ‘avoid’ list from an environmental campaign group.
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WEF’s Young Global Leader class welcomes Walmart sustainability director
We recently talked with Miranda Ballentine, director of sustainability at Walmart, who was chosen to be a member of the 2013 class of Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. Miranda offered some insight into what the title means, as well as how she believes her work in renewable energy is making a difference.
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