Walmart could save the family farm, but it will only do so to the extent that the family farm can produce what it needs at the lowest possible cost. Sustainability is a secondary requirement, way behind efficiencies that come from scale, and scale usually is antithetical to sustainability.

Wal-Mart is part of the problem with America today. They are partly responsible for the destruction of the small family farms that used to be the backbone of America. No way they are going to be interested in anything other than the bottom line. Very sad.

Sustainability comes from the roots, up. Walmart operates from the top, down. This model sucks local capital out of the neighborhood.

Wal-Mart can do alot for the world

Walmart's bottom line is how much money it hauls in to feed it's greedy investors. A wolf in sheep's clothing, their marketing spin wants you to believe they are "green", when in actuality, they are "green-washed". There is a "high cost for low prices", such as the wiping out of small downtown businesses, the millions of truck miles (and resultant pollutants) spent stocking stores from hub warehouses, selling sub-quality goods from China, and depriving workers of due compensation and health protections. Unethical, immoral and unsustainable.

it boils down to the progression of wal-marts business and profits. If they are saving that much money then shouldn't we expect better wages for the employees to help support social equity? The efforts seem like they will produce results, but as David said as long as the farm can meet wal-marts requirements......