I tend to aim for the deep end on stories when the content warrants it…. and time allows. My first shift on The Pioneer/QNet News, the two Loyalist College news services, I probed an announcement by Walmart Canada the week prior.

A Globe and Mail article published January 21, 2011, reported that Wal-Mart won the backing of Michelle Obama for their new strategy to deliver affordable healthy food to American tables. Walmart Canada responded that it was not planning to follow its parent company’s lead, but focus instead on increasing its emphasis on locally-sourced produce.

So how would this affect local growers in real terms? I made some calls, sat down with local farmers, and then wrote the following article:

http://www.qnetnews.ca/?p=5312