Earlier this month, the Chicago City Council gave in to about six years of aggressive lobbying from Walmart and its supporters, approving a zoning law that will clear the way for the city's second Walmart store.

Walmarts, which claims it will eliminate the city's food deserts by selling fresh produce to the area's low-income residents, now plans to open about two dozen more stores, thanks to negotiations by Mayor Richard Daley, who met with Walmart officials to convince them to build more.

But Walmart is the worst solution to ending food deserts. Urban centers do not need a major corporation that swindles food workers and disrupts the work of real, grassroots efforts to establish sustainable, local food systems. Tell Mayor Daley that he must renegotiate with executives, drop his support for new stores, and direct funds and efforts into local, sustainable food initiatives.