domestic stories

• Co-op awards scholarships,
  Daily Citizen, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 5/1/08
• Co-op to build biomass processing plant,
  Eagle, Wichita, Kansas 5/1/08
• Valley co-op earns bakers' group kudos,
  Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 5/1/08
• US poultry Co-op builds feed storage unit,
  AllAboutFeed.net, 5/1/08
• Living Cooperatively: Madison residents save big in co-op housing,
  WKOW, Madison, Wisconsin 5/1/08
• Regional health co-op discussed,
  Journal, River Falls, Wisconsin 4/30/08
• Co-op cancels annual meeting,
  El Defensor Chieftain, Soccoro, New Mexico 4/30/08
• Plans for Tacoma food co-op continue to simmer,
  The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington 4/30/08
• Co-op a green option to all that plastic to-go,
  News-Journal, Daytona Beach, Florida 4/30/08
• Dairymen win $22.2M in fraud case,
  Bee, Modesto, California 5/3/08
• Highwood plant group pushes out Billings co-op,
  Independent Record, Helena, Montana 4/29/08
• United Co-op celebrates year of building,
  Daily Citizen, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 5/3/08
• Dottie's moves to Flat Street,
  Reformer, Brattleboro, Vermont 5/2/08
• Red River Valley potato growers co-op launched,
  The Packer, Lenexa,Kansas 4/28/08
• Co-op grocery taking shape in Alamance,
  News-Record, Greensboro, North Carolina 4/27/08
• Organic milk is pouring it on,
  Sun, Baltimore, Maryland 5/3/08
• Coop gorcery effort gains grant,
  The Times News, Burlington, North Carolina 4/26/08
• Hippie Co-op Turned Hip Gallery,
  Your Hub, Denver, Colorado 4/14/08
• Pedernales general manager Juan Garza defends proposed settlement,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 5/2/08
• SF State digs idea of eco-friendly housing,
  Golden Gate Press, San Francisco, California 5/1/08
• UGA Center Helps Build Georgia Co-ops,
  Lakefront Hartwell, Hartwell, Georgia 5/3/08
• Co-ops buying wind power,
  Trading Markets, Sherman Oaks, California 5/2/08
• N.D. rural electric co-ops plan $2 billion upgrades,
  Press, Dickinson, North Dakota 5/2/08
• Dairy groups giving more to campaigns,
  Daily Times, Watertown, New York 5/3/08
• NCBA Announces plans to assist ACE Hardware owners to maintain its cooperative structure,
  Email Wire, Washington, DC 4/29/08
• ND rural electric cooperatives headed to Washington...,
  kxnet.com, Bismarck, North Dakota
• Organic food price crunch,
  Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York 5/4/08
• Students Join Chester Co-op,
  The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 5/1/08
• Dairy decline,
  Forum, Fargo, North Dakota 4/27/08
• USDA Rural Development to host value-added producer grant information,
  High Plains Journal, Dodge City, Kansas 5/4/08
• In city, 'walkability' is key,
  Sun, Baltimore, Maryland 5/4/08

international stories

• Last tanker of milk for Gisborne co-op,
  The Standard, Gisborne, New Zealand 5/1/08
• Councillors support bike lanes, car co-op,
  The Record, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 4/30/08
• Vic co-op plans on hold,
  Stock & Land, Victoria, Australia 4/30/08
• Dairy goods co-op saw €4.1m profit as 2007 demand soared,
  Independent, Cork, Ireland 4/30/08
• More fund-raising options for co-op banks,
  Business Standard, Delhi, India 4/27/08
• Co-op membership has privileges,
  Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 4/29/08
• Coops Told To Venture Into More Challenging Businesses,
  Bernama, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 5/3/08
• NTUC stretches its helping hands,
  Today, Singapore 4/29/08
• Form food co-ops for poor – SACP ,
  Sowetan, Soweto, South Africa 4/29/08
• NEA cuts lending interest for power coops,
  Sun Star, Manila, Philippines 4/20/08
• Capt. Kanwaljit stresses on corporate culture for cooperative organizations,
  Punjab Newsline, Punjab, India 5/3/08
• Nigeria: BG&L Boss Urges Cooperative Societies to Create Job,
  Vanguard, Lagos, Nigeria 4/30/08
• The co-operative system is the key to rural reconstruction and economic and social progress,
  The Island, Sri Lanka 4/30/08
• NFDC chairman, Puri promote ‘cooperatives’,
  Screen, Delhi, India 5/2/08
• IFFCO signs pact to develop co-operatives in Egypt,
  Trading Markets, 4/23/08
• Food club offers organic alternative,
  Peace Country Sun, Grand Prairie, Alberta 5/2/08
• Ocean Spray ITC sees sales soar in CEE,
  Nutra Ingredients First, Montpellier, France 4/24/08
• Arla increases investment in Argentina,
  Food Navigator, Montpellier, France 4/28/08
• Fonterra takes over 'jewel' in Chile,
  New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 4/30/08
• Fonterra looks to US for funds,
  Stuff.com, Wellington, New Zealand 4/29/08
• The billionaire coop at 38 ,
  Sun Star, Cebu, Philippines 5/4/08