Inherit the wind; Grocer makes historic wind-energy buy.(News)
Waste News, January, 2006 by Johnson, Jim
Byline: Jim Johnson Whole Foods Market is making the largest wind energy credit purchase in the history of the United States to offset all of the natural food grocery store chain's electricity usage. The purchase covers all of the company's stores as well as distribution centers, regional offices, and headquarters in the United States and Canada, the Austin, Texas-based company said.
"Whole Foods Market is a leader in the natural and organic foods movement, and that involves caring about our communities and respecting our environment,'' said Michael Besancon, a regional vice president for the company. "This purchase of wind energy credits is a natural extension of that leadership and is integral to our core values.'' Whole Foods is...
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