Shoppers going green despite struggling economy
President Barack Obama's commitment to tackle climate change, a string of scandals over tainted food and effective marketing of sustainable products have helped convince more Americans, whose environmental credentials lag behind Europeans, to buy green. "I've been reading about carbon footprints," said Lindsey Hoffman, 24, as she selected organic lettuce at a Whole Foods Market in Manhattan, "and though I'd prefer to go to a farmer's market, this is better than anything else." Some experts say the global economic crisis and the battle against global warming have prompted consumers to think more about purchases -- both financially and environmentally. "The...
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