domestic stories

• Power to the co-op members,
  El Defensor Chieftain, Socorro, New Mexico 4/26/08
• Judge refuses to stop co-op meeting, election,
  Phoenix, Muskogee, Oklahoma 4/25/08
• Carbondale Food Co-op a hit,
  Aspen Times News, Aspen, Colorado 4/24/08
• Financial services co-op cites threat to state farms,
  The Press, Atlantic City, New Jersey 4/25/08
• Local Co-op offers members low-cost, quality food,
  abc4, Salt Lake City, Utah 4/25/08
• Co-Op Farm Grand Opening is set,
  Fox11, Tucson, Arizona 4/24/08
• Utility's secret wasn't kept,
  Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia 4/25/08
• Stone Lake Store purchased, renovation as co-op begins,
  Spooner Online, Spooner, Wisconsin 4/24/08
• Co-op art gallery will open downtown this summer,
  News, St. Joseph, Missouri 4/24/08
• Continental Divide Co-op hoping for crowd at meeting,
  The Independent, Gallup, New Mexico 4/22/08
• Founder's Co-Op: Between VCs and Angel Investors" class="news">,
  Seeking Alpha, New York, New York 4/21/08
• Co-ops need electricity to power growth,
  Register, Des Moines, Iowa 4/21/08
• Co-ops Elect Officers For Summer and Fall,
  The Daily Californian, Berkely, California 4/26/08
• The Dividing Line: Co-ops' Rural Roots,
  The Free Lance-Star, Fredricksburg, Virginia 4/26/08
• Fishing Co-ops Counter Quotas,
  wbur.org, Boston, Massachusetts 4/9/08
• Didn't Make it to Cloyne,
  The Daily Californian, Berkely, California 4/24/08
• State Lawmaker: Farming Co-Ops Can Create Wealth in Lower Richland,
  Free Times, Columbia, South Carolina 4/29/08
• State lawmakers wrestle with milk-hauling issue,
  Rutland Herald, Rutland, Vermont 4/21/08
• Milk cooperative agrees to fine,
  Sun, Baltimore, Maryland 4/25/08
• Ranch manager: Raising natural beef takes a shared vision,
  The Prairie Star, Great Falls, Montana 4/25/08
• Trustee airs beef about co-op,
  El Defensor Chieftain, Soccoro, New Mexico 4/26/08
• Co-Operative Members 'Facing a Bright Future',
  RedOrbit, Texas 4/24/08
• Cooperative ready to begin making broadband a reality by early summer,
  Petoskey News, Petoskey, Michigan 4/23/08
• Bicycle cooperative may move,
  The Herald, Bellingham, Washington 4/24/08
• United Cooperative Celebrates 'A Year of Building',
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 4/22/08
• "Super Cooperative" To Develop Renewable Energy Projects,
  Sustainable Business, New York, New York 4/24/08
• Burks' co-op bill fails, Curtiss' gaining momentum,
  Herald-Citizen, Cookeville, Tennessee 4/17/08
• St. Mary's, Pioneer credit unions to merge,
  Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 4/26/08
• Cooperative reflects slowdown,
  Star News, Wilmington, North Carolina 4/23/08
• Gardiner food co-op seeks new members,
  Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York 4/16/08
• Jules Timerman, 82, a food co-op visionary,
  Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4/14/08
• Cooperative shoppers get food with a history,
  The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 4/20/08
• Ewing Named New Operations Director for Foremost Farms USA,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 4/16/08
• CHS assumes sole ownership of Provista Renewable Fuels Marketing,
  Ethanol Producer, Grand Forks, North Dakota 4/2/08
• Equal Exchange Serves Up a Cup of Cooperation,
  US News & World Report, 4/24/08
• Land O'Lakes Schedules 1st Quarter Earnings Call for May 13,
  PR Newswire, New York, New York 4/18/08
• Organic Valley milestone forged through work, ideals,
  Vernon County Broadcaster, Viroqua, Wisconsin 4/23/08
• CoBank raises $500M through debt offering,
  Business Journal, Denver, Colorado 4/21/08
• Co-op's software subsidiary a costly choice,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 4/20/08
• Co-op still accepting members,
  Bee, Lakeport, California 4/17/08
• Ormat Technologies unit to sell power to Minnesota co-op,
  CNN Money, Atlanta, Georgia 4/16/08
• Electric co-op members file suit to stop elections,
  Phoenix, Muskogee, Oklahoma 4/18/08
• Rate hike may shock co-op members,
  Times, Sallisaw, Oklahoma 4/9/08
• Telephone co-op, in 30th year, looks to digital technology,
  The Cordova Times, Cordova, Alaska 4/11/08
• Co-op Garage Start Of A Trend?,
  Mother Earth News, Reprint 1971
• Jump River electric co-op offers $14,000 in scholarships ,
  Sawyer County Record, Hayward, Wisconsin 4/9/08
• Dryden Town Talk: Story of Dryden food co-op to be told April 23 at historical society,
  The Ithaca Journal, Ithaca, New York 4/9/08
• Cooking, Cleaning and Cooperative Living,
  Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca, New York 4/11/08
• Pedernales co-op gets slew of candidates for board,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 4/8/08
• Fishing Co-ops Counter Quotas,
  WBUR, Boston, Massachusetts 4/9/08
• Twin City Co-ops credit union now Spire,
  Business Journal, Minneapolis, Minnesota 3/31/08
• Tolen Creek work to cost $2.5M,
  Parsons Sun, Parsons, Kansas 4/8/08
• Farmers Coop looks to make change,
  The News, Waverly, Nebraska 4/5/08
• Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Completes Merger With Great Lakes Cooperative,
  CNNMoney, Atlanta, Georgia 4/3/08
• Few deep sea fishermen remain; New rules force some to quit industry,
  Daily Democrat, Dover, New Hampshire 4/12/08
• Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives Announce Board and Officer Election Results,
  PR Web, New York, New York 4/5/08
• Yoga studio starts online food co-op,
  Time, Greenwich, Connecticut 4/12/08
• New healthy food co-op to open,
  Enquirer, New Milford, Connecticut 3/28/08
• Oil behind creation of food co-op,
  Telegram & Gazette, Worchester, Massachusetts 3/25/08
• New Bisbee Food Co-op manager brings experience,
  The Herald, Sierra Vista, Arizona 3/25/08
• Organic food co-op seeds begin to sprout,
  The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Indiana 3/22/08
• Local Food Cooperative Looking for Members,
  WGNO, New Orleans, Louisiana 3/29/08
• Alto Dairy Sale to Saputo Cheese USA Now Final,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 4/4/08
• Dairy Farmers of America posts loss on higher revenue,
  Business Journal, Kansas City, Missouri 3/20/08
• Cheese plant to reopen in Waumandee,
  Daily News, Winona, Minnesota 3/29/08
• Ocean Spray goes for Asian bakery market,
  Bakery and Snacks, 4/4/08
• CHS Posts Record Six-Month Earnings of $468.9 Million,
  PR Newswire, New York, New York 4/9/08
• Crossing the River: West Bank culture,
  Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis, Minnesota 3/25/08
• Seizing the Means of Production,
  The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York April 2008
• Pro-Fac Announces Dividend,
  Fox Business, 4/4/08
• Northwest brands reject pickles from Northwest growers,
  Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington 4/2/08
• Despite market woes, organics grow,
  Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 4/13/08

international stories

• Kenya: Co-Op Bank Gets Nod to Raise Sh5b in IPO,
  The East African Standard, Nairobi, Kenya 4/26/08
• 2007 sales a record for Co-op,
  Pincher Creek Echo, Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada 4/25/08
• Sunbird looks to go co-op,
  Alberni Valley News, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada 4/25/08
• Public meeting to gauge interest in funeral co-op,
  Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 4/21/08
• Coop mulls filing cases vs COWD officials,
  Sun Star, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines 4/23/08
• Sumog-oy: Fortress of genuine coops,
  Sun Star, General Santos, Philippines 4/8/08
• Rift simmers between banana coops, exporters in Davao over pricing,
  GMA News, Davao, Philippines 4/7/08
• Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada: Housing Co-ops Call on Ministers to Act Now,
  Marketwire, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4/1/08
• 'Cooperativism is the solution',
  Sun Star, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines 4/22/08
• Co-operative business shows off its success,
  Nova Scotia News, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 4/18/08
• Cooperative Sector and Individual Farmers to Break Milk Production Record,
  Radio Cadena, Havana, Cuba 4/25/08
• Fisheries project gives life to returnees in the East,
  Daily Mirror, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4/26/08
• Asturias takes over water cooperative ,
  Ceby Daily News, Cebu, Philippines 4/15/08
• Uganda: Govt to Revive Housing Cooperatives,
  New Vision, Kampala, Uganda 4/22/08
• Fears Surface Over Privatizing Cotton In Mali,
  All Headline News, 4/26/08
• Cooperatives Building Development through Self-help,
  EurActive, Brussels, Belgium 4/4/08
• Editorial: Idiotization of cooperatives,
  Sun Star, General Santos, Philippines 4/14/08
• Farmer co-operatives buy shares with land,
  Viet Nam News, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 4/12/08
• Agriculture A Thriving Sector In Co-Operatives ,
  Brunei Direct, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 3/31/08
• Farmers urge new talks,
  Stuff, Wellington, New Zealand 4/24/08
• Bandh for improving Dairy Cooperatives,
  Etalaat, Sirnagar, India 4/8/08
• Dairygold opts out of Nutricia deal,
  Irish Examiner, Cork, Ireland 4/26/08
• History reduced to rubble as new dawn heralds for co-op creamery Newport notes,
  The Guardian, London, United Kingdom 4/5/08
• Dairygold Reports Strong Performance for 2007,
  Food Ingredients First, Montpellier, France 4/18/08
• Friesland Foods and Campina Reach Merger Agreement,
  Food Ingredients First, Anham, Netherlands 4/10/08
• Fonterra on verge of big new deal,
  Stuff, Auckland, New Zealand 4/25/08
• Algarve wine to receive boost from merger,
  The Resident, Algarve, Portugal 4/10/08
• Basques may have lessons for Wales,
  Western Mail, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom 4/18/08
• Credit Unions mark 50th anniversary,
  The Press Association, Ireland 4/27/08
• Record year for Co-op, big plans for 2008,
  Meadow Lake Progress, Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada 4/20/08
• Co-op admits to Somerfield takeover talks ,
  Telegraph, London, United Kingdom 4/19/08
• A co-op way of doing things ,
  Daily News, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada 4/18/08
• Crocus Co-Op Celebrates Today,
  Saskatoon Homepage, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 4/18/08
• Emerald forms co-op networks,
  Stock & Land, Melbourne, Australia 4/9/08
• Extensive Changes Coming to the Hebden Bridge Co-op,
  Hebweb News, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom 4/9/08
• Fonterra moves in on Aussie dairy co-op,
  The National Business Review, Auckland, New Zealand 4/6/08
• Anderton speech to Chinese coop reception,
  Scoop, Wellington, New Zealand 4/10/08
• Chinese co-ops first to step through treaty door,
  Scoop, Wellington, New Zealand 4/7/08
• Agricultural coop official goes missing after pocketing 183 million yen,
  Mainichi Daily News, Tokyo, Japan 4/9/08
• Co-op sales up 19% in 2007,
  Arabian Business, United Arab Emirates 4/8/08
• Credit crunch bites into Co-op profits,
  Times, London, United Kingdom 4/3/08
• No need for proposed new Vic grain co-op,
  Stock & Land, Melbourne, Australia 4/8/08
• Farmers consider grain growers co-op,
  ABC News, Sydney, Australia 4/4/08
• Fonterra bid for co-op,
  Stuff, Auckland, New Zealand 4/4/08
• Michelle McDuff rose quickly to the top,
  Northern News Service, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada 4/11/08
• Rodrigues orders action against erring co-op housing societies,
  ExpressIndia, Delhi, India 4/7/08
• Coop’s update pays dividends,
  Times, London, United Kingdom 3/30/08
• Union boss hits out at coop law limits in UAE,
  Arabian Business, UAE 4/6/08
• Portworkers coop files damages vs PCBSI,
  Sun Star, Dumaguete, Philippines 4/8/08
• Meat merger targets split on plan,
  Stuff, Auckland, New Zealand 4/12/08
• Economic officer resigns from co-op board linked to ethanol plant,
  News Durham, Ontario, Canada 4/10/08
• Farmer co-op reports higher revenues,
  New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 4/1/08
• Uganda: Probe Bugisu Coop Union,
  The Monitor, Kampala, Uganda 4/1/08
• Sask. Party questions grocery co-op,
  Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Sasaskatchewan, Canada 3/29/08
• From sweat shop to co-op,
  Radio Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands 4/4/08
• Sumog-oy: Fortress of genuine coops,
  Sun Star, General Santos, Philippines 4/8/08
• Rift simmers between banana coops, exporters in Davao over pricing,
  GMA News, Manila, Philippines 4/7/08
• Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada: Housing Co-ops Call on Ministers to Act Now,
  Marketwire, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4/1/08
• From raw lumber to value addition,
  Sun Star, General Santos, Philippines 4/7/08
• Co-operative Pharmacy opens Rochdale HQ,
  Crain's Manchester Business, Manchester, United Kingdom 4/11/08
• LBIC’s multi-purpose cooperative declares N1.3m dividends,
  Business Day, Lagos, Nigeria 4/10/08
• Rwanda: Government Moots Insurance Scheme for Cooperative Farmers,
  The New Times, Kigali, Rwanda 4/8/08
• Young Caisse populaire intern to visit European co-operative,
  Northern Life, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 4/11/08
• Lawmaker urges women to form cooperative societies,
  The Tide, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 4/9/08
• Chinese group to look at NZ cooperatives,
  Scoop, Wellington, New Zealand 4/11/08
• Algarve wine to receive boost from merger,
  The Resident, Algarve, Portugal 4/10/08
• More than 95 pct of monks in N.W China Province join cooperative medical care,
  China View, Beijing, China 3/30/08
• Nigeria: 18 Cooperatives in Bayelsa Receive N6m Loans,
  Leadership, Abudja, Nigeria 3/25/08
• Agriculture A Thriving Sector In Co-Operatives ,
  Brudirect, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 3/30/08
• Strategic commitment,
  El Habanero, Havana, Cuba 4/8/08
• Cooperatives: Once Diminished, Twice Powerful ,
  The Economic Observer, Beijing, China 3/28/08
• Fonterra goes back to farmers,
  Stuff, Wellington, New Zealand 4/5/08
• Don’t hate the media, own the media,
  Vue Weekly, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 3/20/08
• Farmers Seek Defenses Against the Giants of Agribusiness,
  Global Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 4/3/08
• Coached in credit unions,
  Nova Scotia News, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 4/12/08
• Yukon government asks court to dissolve Whitehorse co-op,
  cbcnews.ca, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4/9/08
• Northumberland Co-op offers six scholarships,
  Miramichi Leader, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada 4/11/08
• Co-op succeeds in throwing Tesco plans off course ,
  The Berwick Advertiser, Berwick, United Kingdom 4/9/08
• Carrot River Co-op celebrates grand re-opening,
  The Journal, Nipawan, Saskatchewan, Canada 4/9/08