While most companies have suffered enough from the recession’s impact on the United States, Deere & Company has blamed its 27 percent drop in quarterly profit on the recession’s impact on the world’s economy at large. The world’s largest farm equipment maker has experienced a significant decline in sales thanks to a weak economy across the globe.
This comes after Deere trimmed its sales projection for the rest of 2009, stating that the year will bring the single largest single-year drop in sales in at least the last 50 years. In spite of the grim prediction, however, Deere maintained its prediction …read more

I recently wrote about how Whole Foods Plans to Ban the Plastic Bag and got a good comment that prompted this post…
Bridget said: I love this store A LOT and totally support their decision to discontinue the plastic bags. But, I would love for you to post a little more on your comment of their ethical behavior regarding small farmers. Interesting…
I started to respond in the comment section but there’s so many issues behind the Whole Foods story that I thought a post would serve them a little better.
Whole Foods has made some good moves in the last year or …read more