article thumbnail

The Long Reach of the Walmart-Walton Empire

Civil Eats

Today, Walmart’s public relations efforts combine with the activities of Walton charities and investments in a sprawling buffet of corporate promising, donations, and seed capital directed at a range of social and environmental issues affected by the largest retailer in the world. Some are, in their own right, vast enterprises.

article thumbnail

Walmart Heirs Bet Big on Journalism

Civil Eats

They have made engagement on “restorative aquaculture” one of their philanthropic planks, funding numerous ventures on both sides of the notebook. The Waltons have no intention of buying water rights so that the river can have more water.