Explore opportunities to incorporate pollinator habitat on Walmart U.S. We will explore other initiatives, online and in store, to engage and educate customers. In the spring of 2021, more than 1.3 million annual and perennial neonic-free plants for sale in our stores will carry tags to help customers identify plants that attract pollinators. Help educate customers about pollinator plants for home gardens. Continue to avoid selling invasive plant species based on recognized regional lists. 
Encourage live-plant suppliers to label pollinator-friendly plants (plants grown without neonicotinoids, flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor) for sale in our retail stores. Regional guides: Pacific Northwest, California, Southeast and Northeast. These guides, developed in collaboration with the Pollinator Partnership as well as insights from farmers, ranchers, beekeepers, crop consultants, researchers and government authorities, are built to be region specific and action oriented. Check four new Habitat Guides with regionally specific information to help accelerate your work to protect and promote pollinators in your supply chain. Suppliers are encouraged to report annual progress through Walmart’s annual sustainability surveys. Encourage fresh produce suppliers to protect, restore, or establish pollinator habitats by 2025 on at least 3% of land they own, operate, and/or invest in (e.g., community gardens, pollinator-friendly solar, sustainable landscapes). To help improve and expand pollinator habitats, Walmart U.S. University of Oxford, 2014.Īn Organic Shop at Walmart: We’re moving all organic fresh produce items in store into one area of the department so customers who want organic items can enjoy one-stop shopping. Organic helps other beneficial insects flourish. Organic farming supports spatiotemporal stability in species richness of bumblebees and butterflies. Organic can help reverse pollinators declines. USDA NRCS Conservation for Organic Farmers. Prohibited substances include most synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.” Organic producers rely on natural substances and physical, mechanical, or biologically based farming methods to the fullest extent possible. 
Fish & Wildlife Service: IPM on farmlands, IPM for yards and gardensĪccording to the US Department of Agriculture, “ certified organic foods are grown and processed according to federal guidelines addressing, among many factors, soil quality, animal raising practices, pest and weed control, and use of additives.
IPM Institute of North America: Common Questions about IPM.EPA: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Principles.Walmart is also encouraging fresh produce suppliers to phase out use of chlorpyrifos and nitroguanidine neonicotinoids pesticides (where applicable unless mandated otherwise by law), avoid replacing them with other products with a level I bee precaution rating and assess and report annual progress. We also encourage fresh produce suppliers to report their pesticide application and biodiversity management annually, through Walmart’s annual sustainability surveys.
will source 100% of the fresh produce and floral we sell in our in-store Produce department from suppliers that adopt integrated pest management practices, as verified by a third-party, by 2025. IPM takes advantage of all appropriate pest management options including, but not limited to, the judicious use of pesticides. The IPM approach can be applied to both agricultural and non-agricultural settings, such as the home, garden, and workplace. This information, in combination with available pest control methods, is used to manage pest damage by the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment. IPM programs use current, comprehensive information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment. According to EPA, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices.
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