domestic stories

Yakima's Snokist co-op ends fresh fruit packing, still canning,
Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington 2/14/08
Health food co-op coming,
The Enquirer, New Milford, Connecticut 2/15/08
Food co-op rewards us with produce and pride,
Herald, Miami, Florida 2/14/08
In Stoughton, dream of co-op turning to reality,
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin 2/12/08
Farmers Co-op shelves plans for Hillje biodiesel plant ,
Leader News, El Campo, Texas 2/13/08
Some Co-op workers still seeking jobs,
Maroon, Chicago, Illinois 2/12/08
Common Ground Co-Op finds home in Urbana,
Daily Illini, Urbana, Illinois 2/12/08
GPRE, Great Lakes Co-op agree to merge,
Ethanol Producer, Grand Forks, North Dakota 2/12/08
KINDRED, N.D.: Group sets AgPlus soy crush co-op,
Herald, Grand Forks, North Dakota 2/12/08
Indiana-based Co-op Issue Record Return to Members,
Indiana Prairie Farmer, West Franklin, Indiana 2/11/08
Missing North Country Co-Op,
Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2/11/08
Health Food Store Resurrected as Organic Co-op,
WBAY, Green Bay, Wisconsin 2/11/08
Cobb EMC urges judge to toss lawsuit,
Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia 2/13/08
United Co-op honored by Land O' Lakes,
Daily Citizen, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 2/17/08
Homewood, Flossmoor cut costs through co-op,
Southtown Star, Tinley Park, Illinois 2/10/08
Homegrown Power Could Earn Energy Credit ,
The Watch, Telluride, Colorado 2/12/08
Co-op celebrates and seeks support,
Rocktown Weekly News, Harrisonburg, Virginia 2/17/08
Affordable mobile home park celebrates 20th anniversary,
Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California 2/13/08
Organic Food Expansion,
KOMU, Jefferson City, Missouri 2/15/08
30 years of healthy foods,
Courier, Stillwater, Minnesota 2/13/08
Competitive Grant Funds Available For Valued-Added Agricultural Activities,
Virginia Star, Gate City, Virginia 2/13/08
Apply for 2008 Value-Added Producer Grants,
Wallaces Farmer, Urbandale, Iowa 2/15/08
Branching out - food co-op,
The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, New York 2/16/08
Agricultural loan growth boosts CoBank's numbers,
Business Journal, Denver, Colorado 2/19/08
AgSouth reports record earnings ,
The Blade Plus, Swainsboro, Georgia 2/18/08
Staunton grocery co-op plan takes shape,
The News Leader, Staunton, Virginia 2/23/08
Bringing Natural Food to Bremerton: Group Envisions Starting Co-op,
Kitsap Sun, Orchard, Oregon 2/22/08
Building Community Through Food: The Missoula Community Co-op,
New West, Missoula, Montana 1/29/08
Agri-Mark reports record $17.6M profit,
Free Press, Burlington, Vermont 2/21/08
Arla to Increase Production in Wisconsin,
Food Ingredients First, Duiven, The Netherlands 2/18/08
Land O'Lakes Reports 2007 Results,
PR Newswire, New York, New York 2/19/08
Missouri represented at 2008 College Conference on Cooperatives,
Ag Journal, Dodge City, Kansas 2/21/08
Pro-Fac Announces Second Fiscal Quarter 2008 Results,
Fox Business, 2/11/08
Pennsylvanians Saved Nearly $2 Million in 2007 by Making a Better Choice,
Fox Business, 2/22/08
Sunkist Growers Celebrate Brand's 100 Years,
Fox Business, 2/20/08
Land O’Lakes, Inc. Reports Improved Sales And Earnings,
Amonline, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin 2/20/08
Organic Valley adding feed growers to combat growing shortage,
WBAY, Green Bay, Wisconsin 2/22/08
Organic Valley Contributes $50,000 to UW School for Beginning Farmers,
Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 2/13/08
CHS distributes record returns to owners,
CHS Press Release, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 2/20/08
CoBAnk donates $5,000 to Wisconsin and Minnesota cooperative organizations,
WisBusiness, Madison, Wisconsin 2/4/08
Actors Co-op turns page for new stage settings,
Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee 2/17/08
Oil-buying co-op helps residential customers save ,
The Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut 2/17/08
Full co-op ahead: Stoughton market nearly set for March 1 opening,
The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin 2/16/08
Limestone co-op agrees to pay $37,000 pollution fine,
The Decatur Daily, Decatur, Illinois 2/16/08
Co-Op Returns Nearly $5 Million to Farmers,
Inside Indiana Business, Indianapolis, Indiana 2/5/08
Co-op eyes garden site,
Democrat Herald, Albany, New York 2/5/08
Dissolved Co-op to hold board election,
Maroon, Chicago, Illinois 2/5/08
Stone Lake strives to organize co-op grocery store,
Sawyer County Record, Hayward, Wisconsin 2/4/08
30 years later, it's still business as usual; River Market Community Co-op celebrates third decade of business,
Gazette, Stillwater, Minnesota 2/5/08
An Central Texas Electric Co-op May Not Have a Choice in State Audit ,
KLBJ Radio, Austin, Texas 2/4/08
Oro Valley couple fosters market for Mexican coffee co-op,
The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona 2/6/08
Area co-op, ethanol producer to combine ,
Journal, Sioux City, Iowa 2/6/08
Condo foreclosure could affect new Willy St. Co-op,
The Daily Cardinal, Madison, Wisconsin 2/6/08
Cobb Energy confidentiality an issue in customer suit,
Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia 2/7/08
REI Posts 2007 Revenues of $1.3 Billion and 8.2 Percent Comp Store Sales,
News Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina 2/6/08
Natural-foods co-op abruptly closes here,
Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona 2/2/08
Rice Lake Farmers Union merges,
The Chronotype, Rice Lake, Wisconsin 2/7/08
Co-ops propose $2 billion coal-fired plant in Georgia,
Reuters, London, United Kingdom 1/24/08
Iowa Electric Co-ops Add $1.1 billion to Local Economies,
Wallaces Farmer, Urbandale, Iowa 1/29/08
Home-based power bill on track with Isgar’s OK,
Herald, Durango, Colorado 2/6/08
CountryMark sues adviser,
Star, Indianapolis, Indiana 2/7/08
Co-op wants Wallingford to invest in energy company,
Record Journal, Meriden, Connecticut 2/6/08
USDA aid available for value-added agricultural businesses,
New Mexico Business Weekly, Albuquerque, New Mexico 2/7/08
NRUCFC issues clean energy bonds to electric co-operatives,
Banking Business Review, 2/7/08
Cheap Furniture for the Masses,
City on a Hill Press, Santa Cruz, California 2/9/08
Building Community Through Food: The Missoula Community Co-op,
New West, Missoula, Montana 1/29/08
Start Your Own Tool-Sharing Program,
Mother Earth News, April/May 2004
Canadian co-op to buy 3 cheese plants,
Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1/30/08
Sale of dairy co-op proposed,
Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1/29/08
Stone Lake residents consider co-op grocery,
Sawyer County Record, Hayward, Wisconsin 2/7/08
Carbondale Community Food Co-op opens,
Post Independent, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 1/29/08
Several interested in forming new food co-op in Terre Haute,
TribStar, Terre Haute, Indiana 1/24/08
Food co-op changes to stay competitive,
Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina 1/30/08
MS weighs potential grocery co-operative,
MP News, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 1/22/08
Alto Dairy to be Sold to Saputo USA for $160 Million,
Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1/30/08
Cheesemaking made easier for the little guy,
The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin 1/24/08
CHS Foundation, SDSU Launch Global Agribusiness Education Program,
Manufacturing Business Technology, 2/5/08
GROWMARK recognized for impact on biodiesel industry,
Truth about Trade & Technology, Des Moines, Iowa 2/5/08
Green Mountain Communes: The Making of a Peoples’ Vermont ,
anarkismo, 1/14/08,
The state of co-ops -- The business model is popular in Vermont. Why is that? ,
Vermont Today, Rutland, Vermont 1/6/08
At PEC, some draw paychecks without showing up,
Statesman, Austin, Texas 2/3/08
Land O'Lakes Schedules Fourth Quarter Earnings Call for February 19,
PR Newswire, New York, New York 2/5/08
Organic Valley and Byrne Dairy Team up with NYALT to Protect Farmland in New York State,
CSR Newswire, New York, New York 1/25/08

international stories

Yakima's Snokist co-op ends fresh fruit packing, still canning,
Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington 2/14/08
Health food co-op coming,
The Enquirer, New Milford, Connecticut 2/15/08
Food co-op rewards us with produce and pride,
Herald, Miami, Florida 2/14/08
In Stoughton, dream of co-op turning to reality,
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin 2/12/08
Farmers Co-op shelves plans for Hillje biodiesel plant ,
Leader News, El Campo, Texas 2/13/08
Some Co-op workers still seeking jobs,
Maroon, Chicago, Illinois 2/12/08
Common Ground Co-Op finds home in Urbana,
Daily Illini, Urbana, Illinois 2/12/08
GPRE, Great Lakes Co-op agree to merge,
Ethanol Producer, Grand Forks, North Dakota 2/12/08
KINDRED, N.D.: Group sets AgPlus soy crush co-op,
Herald, Grand Forks, North Dakota 2/12/08
Indiana-based Co-op Issue Record Return to Members,
Indiana Prairie Farmer, West Franklin, Indiana 2/11/08
Missing North Country Co-Op,
Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2/11/08
Health Food Store Resurrected as Organic Co-op,
WBAY, Green Bay, Wisconsin 2/11/08
Cobb EMC urges judge to toss lawsuit,
Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia 2/13/08
United Co-op honored by Land O' Lakes,
Daily Citizen, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 2/17/08
Homewood, Flossmoor cut costs through co-op,
Southtown Star, Tinley Park, Illinois 2/10/08
Homegrown Power Could Earn Energy Credit ,
The Watch, Telluride, Colorado 2/12/08
Co-op celebrates and seeks support,
Rocktown Weekly News, Harrisonburg, Virginia 2/17/08
Affordable mobile home park celebrates 20th anniversary,
Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California 2/13/08
Organic Food Expansion,
KOMU, Jefferson City, Missouri 2/15/08
30 years of healthy foods,
Courier, Stillwater, Minnesota 2/13/08
Competitive Grant Funds Available For Valued-Added Agricultural Activities,
Virginia Star, Gate City, Virginia 2/13/08
Apply for 2008 Value-Added Producer Grants,
Wallaces Farmer, Urbandale, Iowa 2/15/08
Branching out - food co-op,
The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, New York 2/16/08
Agricultural loan growth boosts CoBank's numbers,
Business Journal, Denver, Colorado 2/19/08
AgSouth reports record earnings ,
The Blade Plus, Swainsboro, Georgia 2/18/08
Staunton grocery co-op plan takes shape,
The News Leader, Staunton, Virginia 2/23/08
Bringing Natural Food to Bremerton: Group Envisions Starting Co-op,
Kitsap Sun, Orchard, Oregon 2/22/08
Building Community Through Food: The Missoula Community Co-op,
New West, Missoula, Montana 1/29/08
Agri-Mark reports record $17.6M profit,
Free Press, Burlington, Vermont 2/21/08
Arla to Increase Production in Wisconsin,
Food Ingredients First, Duiven, The Netherlands 2/18/08
Land O'Lakes Reports 2007 Results,
PR Newswire, New York, New York 2/19/08
Missouri represented at 2008 College Conference on Cooperatives,
Ag Journal, Dodge City, Kansas 2/21/08
Pro-Fac Announces Second Fiscal Quarter 2008 Results,
Fox Business, 2/11/08
Pennsylvanians Saved Nearly $2 Million in 2007 by Making a Better Choice,
Fox Business, 2/22/08
Sunkist Growers Celebrate Brand's 100 Years,
Fox Business, 2/20/08
Land O’Lakes, Inc. Reports Improved Sales And Earnings,
Amonline, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin 2/20/08
Organic Valley adding feed growers to combat growing shortage,
WBAY, Green Bay, Wisconsin 2/22/08
Organic Valley Contributes $50,000 to UW School for Beginning Farmers,
Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 2/13/08
CHS distributes record returns to owners,
CHS Press Release, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 2/20/08
CoBAnk donates $5,000 to Wisconsin and Minnesota cooperative organizations,
WisBusiness, Madison, Wisconsin 2/4/08

international stories

Public Workers' Co-op takes over St George credit union ,
The Nation, St. George, Barbados 2/10/08
Uruguay: Building Autonomy, One Co-op at a Time,
Upside Down World, New York, New York 2/13/08
Mountain Equipment Co-Op chosen overall winner of the 2008 National Awards in Governance,
CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/12/08
2007 a record-setting year for Calgary Co-op,
Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2/7/08
Residents say yes to relaunch of popular food co-operative,
Evening Leader, Mold, United Kingdom 2/15/08
Squabble over assets sees milk co-ops bottling out of merger,
Western Mail, Cardiff, United Kingdom 2/12/08
Co-ops help tackle big problems,
The Star, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/1/08
Lawmakers group to draft law for workers cooperatives,
Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo, Japan 2/11/08
Co-ops may get ¥20 billion bailout,
The Japan Times, Tokyo, Japan 1/27/08
Disabled’s coop gets P90-M contract to build school desks ,
Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 2/18/08
Cooperatives: alternatives for those who need cash,
Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 1/28/08
Fonterra outlook revised to stable as capital-restructure vote cancelled,
Forbes, 2/18/08
French co-operative to make foie gras in China,
Times, London, United Kingdom 2/11/08
Co-operative farming in floriculture,
The Hindu News, Chennai, India 2/3/08
NZ fertiliser giant set to take over Australian co-operative,
Stuff, Wellington, New Zealand 2/1/08
Growers co-operative now in place,
The Guardian, Ashburton, New Zealand
Farmer co-operative to add value through local sourcing venture,
Farmers Guardian, London, United Kingdom 2/1/08
Beef Breeders Co-operative receives support,
Northern News, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada 1/30/08
Hazelnut firm a growing concern,
press.co.nz, Auckland, New Zealand 2/13/08
Joining co-operatives to become more competitive,
VietNam Net, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1/29/08
Fonterra to postpone restructuring vote,
Business Spectator, 2/18/08
PEI's Amalgamated Dairies Limited Becomes Member-Owner of The Co-operators,
CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/5/08
Ireland: Credit Unions - A Changing Environment,
mondaq, London, United Kingdom 2/18/08
Calgary Co-op Sales Approach $1 Billion in 2007,
CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/8/08
Tacon, friend of the co-operative consumer,
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 2/20/08
Co-ops are not leftwing,
The Guardian, London, United Kingdom 2/21/08
Khaled On How To Salvage Co-ops,
Bernama, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 2/20/08
Whitehorse housing co-op to fight government closure,
cbc news, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/19/08
Brunei Co-Op To Hike Rice Harvest ,
Brunei Direct, Brunei Darussalam 2/19/08
Chairman: Fonterra feared kneejerk reaction to sharefloat,
The National Business Review, Auckland, New Zealand 2/18/08
Botswana: Take Advantage of Good Rains,
The Voice, Francistown,Botswana 2/19/08
Revenues of cooperatives grew 6.15%,
ANBA, Brazil 2/14/08
B.C. car co-op escapes the taxman's reach,
CBCnews.ca, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/20/08
New look Co-op to open,
This is Lancashire, Lancashire, United Kingdom 2/20/08
Co-ops can afford to hold milk prices say IFA,
The Guardian, Tipperary, Ireland 2/1/08
Kenya: Dairy Farmers Revive 10 Co-Operatives,
The Nation, Nairobi, Kenya 2/20/08
Dairy looks healthy for Japanese giant Kirin,
The Age, Melbourne, Australia 2/20/08
Agropur will focus on expansion in the United States and Argentina,
The Canadian Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/13/08
Farmers force Fonterra to cancel vote,
New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 2/19/08
NZ Farming Systems Uruguay report $8.6 million loss,
National Business Review, Auckland, New Zealand 2/22/08
A structured and viable price for fat lambs?,
Farmers Guardian, London, United Kingdom 2/15/08
Put your money where your heart is,
The Guardian, London, United Kingdom 2/23/08
The Co-operators Expands its Membership ,
Exchange Morning Post, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/23/08
Housing co-operatives win seal of approval,
Times, London, United Kingdom 2/22/08
Agropur to buy Wisconsin-based Trega Foods for undisclosed amount,
The Canadian Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1/31/08
Agropur posts record earnings,
Country Guide, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2/13/08
Vancouver prostitutes incorporate Canada's first sex industry co-op,
The Canadian Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/16/08
It’s "use it or lose it" for co-op ,
The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 2/16/08
Coalition government neglected co-op sector: Bangarappa ,
Sahil Online, Karnataka, India 2/15/08
Tories champion food co-ops to counter supermarkets' power ,
The Guardian, London, United Kingdom 2/17/08
Bega dairy co-op votes for change ,
North Queensland Register, Townsville, Queensland, Australia 2/4/08
Dairy co-op Agropur to acquire cheese firm,
The Star, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/1/08
Sweet music for jazz co-op,
The Age, Melbourne, Australia 1/29/08
Co-op goes green with automatic system-shutdown,
ZDNet.co.uk, London, United Kingdom 2/6/08
Minister issues decision to dissolve board of co-op union,
Arab Times, Kuwait City, Kuwait 2/6/08
A little cream on NZ co-op dividend,
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia 1/30/08
Co-ops transform Venezuela,
People's Weekly World, New York, New York 2/9/08
Futures call: Sugar co-ops in search of marketing gurus,
The Economic Times, Delhi, India 2/7/08
Co-ops help tackle big problems,
The Star, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/1/08
Dairy co-ops abandon merger plans,
Times, London, United Kingdom 2/6/08
Co-operative vs co-operative,
BBC, London, United Kingdom 1/18/08
Capiz coop vows to improve services to member-consumers,
Philippines Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 2/7/08
Co-op manages debt with new performance tools,
ITPro, London, United Kingdom 2/6/08
Punjab to implement revival package for coops,
The Hindu, Chennai, India 1/30/08
Give coops. greater autonomy, President tells states,
The Hindu, Chennai, India 1/21/08
Cooperatives: alternatives for those who need cash ,
Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 1/28/08
Ghana: De-Graft Memorial Methodist Co-Operative Credit Union Support Members,
Accra Mail, Accra, Ghana 2/6/08
This 'honey tree' feeds a village,
The Times of India, New Delhi, India 2/8/08
Co-operative farming in floriculture,
The Hindu, Chennai, India 2/3/08
NZ fertiliser giant set to take over Australian co-operative,
Stuff.co.nz, Wellington, New Zealand 2/1/08
Calgary Co-op Sales Approach $1 Billion in 2007,
CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/8/08
Namibia: Ohandje Artists Co-Operative Elect New Board Members,
New Era, Windhoek, Namibia 1/18/08
Growers co-operative now in place,
The Guardian, Ashburton, New Zealand 2/9/08
Federated Co-operatives Ltd. moves ahead with Regina refinery expansion,
Journal of Commerce, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 2/4/08
Terlano and Andriano cooperatives to cooperate,
Wein-Plus, Germany 2/8/08
Co-op and community,
The Daily News, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada 2/8/08
U of C adopts carshare program,
Gauntlet News, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2/7/08
Co-op’s CALL TO ACTION,
The Daily News, Truro, British Columbia, Canada 2/8/08
UK cooperative opts out of dairy production,
Dairy Reporter, Montpellier, France 1/11/08
Truro Co-op fights for survival,
Business Journal, Halifax, Nova Scotia 2/8/08
Dairy Farmers uses profits to target Perfection ,
North Queensland Register, Townsville, Queensland, Australia 8/8/08
PEI's Amalgamated Dairies Limited Becomes Member-Owner of The Co-operators,
CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2/5/08
Paddy marketing and price of rice,
The Island, Sri Lanka 2/7/08
Fonterra Sales Rise 13% on Higher Output, Prices,
Bloomberg, New York, New York 1/29/08
Tories say no to "co-op" Olympics brothel,
The Province, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada 2/8/08
Occupy, Resist, Produce!,
Indymedia UK, London, United Kingdom 2/7/08
The Co-operators Expands its Membership,
CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1/24/08
Manager to be appointed at co-operative,
The Corkman, Cork, Ireland 1/24/08
Age-old values of humanitarian struggle the true legacy of Tower,
Western Mail, Cardiff, United Kingdom 1/25/08
Kenya: Factory Workers Want Sh16.3m,
The Nation, Nairobi, Kenya 1/21/08
Local: Frustrated pensioner laments 'social tragedy,
The Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 1/30/08
Co-op to increase Fairtrade range,
Financial Times, London, United Kingdom 2/4/08
Last year rough for the Co-op ,
qciobserver, Queen Charlotte, British Columbia, Canada 2/4/08
New Look for Moose Jaw Co-op ,
Discover Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada 2/4/08
Co-op retailers to join ranks of hypermarkets ,
New Straits Times, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia 2/4/08

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