Posted April 1, 200619 yr The April 1 newsletter from Project for Public Spaces is freakin hilarious. :-D This is not a plug for the blog, but I could not post the newsletter in the forum. So go here: http://clevelandplanner.blogspot.com/2006/04/faking-places-april-fools.html
April 2, 200619 yr As funny as that truly was, what I read in the PD today about Walmart had me scratching my head a little bit. Apparently, they are moving toward more organic products. I take this two ways. They will do the consumer some good (never thought I would say that in context with Walmart) by lowering the prices of food products that are generally more expensive then processed foods. On they other hand, they will start knocking the specialty shops who serve these products out of business as they have done with many others in the past. Not sure how to take this http://agpolicy.ky.gov/Documents/article_060324_BWo_WalmartOrganic.pdf Wal-Mart's move to organics could shake up retail world Sunday, April 02, 2006 Marcus Kabel Associated Press Bentonville, Ark.- Wal- Mart Stores Inc. is throwing its weight behind organic products, a move that experts say could have the same lasting effect on environmental practices that Wal-Mart has had on prices by forcing suppliers and competitors to keep up. Putting new items on the shelf this year, from organic cotton baby clothes to ocean fish caught in ways that don't harm the environment, is part of a broader green policy launched last year to meet consumer demand, cut costs for things like energy and packaging, and burnish a battered reputation.
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