 domestic stories
- Huge Hoosier Co-op Breaks Tradition With Equity Redemption,
Indiana Prairie Farmer, West Franklin, Indiana 1/18/08
- Food co-op changes to stay competitive,
Citizen Times, Ashville, North Carolina 1/20/08
- Co-op workshop set for February ,
Journal, Sioux City, Iowa 1/20/08
- Co-op idea draws interest,
East Oregonian, Pendleton, Oregon 1/21/08
- Silent majority finds its voice in Co-Op debate,
Maroon, Chicago, Illinois 1/15/08
- Clearlake considers co-op,
Bee, Sacramento, California 1/14/08
- Equity Co-op Names Schyvinck as New PR Director,
Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1/15/08
- Firms, co-ops in historical accords,
The Jamestown Sun, Jamestown, North Dakota 1/17/08
- Advocates Say Co-Ops Benefit Home Schools,
Tribune, Tampa Bay, Florida 1/6/08
- Help the local economy by requesting locally grown food,
Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana 1/20/08
- Broadband group votes to consider coop formation,
Herald Times, Gaylord, Michigan 1/16/08
- Merger With Great Lakes Cooperative Submitted for Vote,
CNN Money, Atlanta, Georgia 1/14/08
- Umpqua Bio-Alternatives Cooperative,
News Review, Roseburg, Oregon 1/17/08
- Wartsila signs $120M power plant deal with South Texas Cooperative,
Business Journal, Houston, Texas 1/14/08
- Omro woman helps Congress understand dairy issues,
The Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1/2/08
- Farmers say they'll have to buy more cows,
Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio 1/20/08
- CountryMark Launches New Brand Image,
Inside Indiana Business, Indianapolis, Indiana 1/14/08
- Grain shuttle project in works,
Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois 1/18/08
- Green Mountain Communes: The Making of a Peoples’ Vermont ,
Anarkismo, 1/14/08
- Equal Exchange Introduces Comprehensive Fair Trade Curricullum,
Corporate Social Responsibility, 1/15/08
- Organic Valley Opposes FDA Ruling That Food From Cloned Animals is Safe,
Earth Times, New York, New York 1/15/08
- New housing facility for seniors opens,
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1/16/08
- Fix a bike, or build one, at new co-op called Cog,
Morning News, Savannah, Georgia 1/19/08
- Northern Plains Co-op meetings set,
The Jamestown Sun, Jamestown, North Dakota 1/19/08
- Co-op exec will walk away without $600,000 from pay package,
The Statesman, Austin, Texas 1/19/08
- Co-op preparing for arbitration hearing,
The Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri 1/18/08
- Grocery Co-op Continues To Grow,
The Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia 1/7/08
- Upstate Niagara Cooperative to close Falls plant,
The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York 1/12/08
- White retires from FRECC after 46 years,
Daily Times, Glasgow, Kentucky 1/12/08
- Community backing for power plant is abundant,
Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa 1/12/08
- Cooperative to mark 75th year in 2008,
Leader, Frederic, Wisconsin 1/9/08
- Mo. farmer turns farm waste into cleaner fuel,
Daily News, Hays, Missouri 1/12/08
- WFC CEO Addresses U.S. Senate Committee on Rural Health Care Issues,
Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1/11/08
- Broadband cooperative tackling connectivity,
Herald Times, Gaylord, Michigan 1/9/08
- Wisc.: Chinese Look for Dairy Suppliers ,
Chronicle, Houston, Texas 1/10/08
- Algonquin buying power in bulk to save bucks,
Daily Herald, Algonquin, Illinois 1/11/08
- Apply for Energy Co-op scholarships by Jan. 28,
Chippewa.com, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 1/11/08
- Siouxland complete ethanol plant expansion ,
Journal, Sioux City, Iowa 1/12/08
- People’s Food Co-op has no plans for second location,
Tribune, LaCrosse, Wisconsin 1/12/08
- Hilbert art co-op allows Valley artists to spread their wings,
Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin 1/13/08
- Co-Op shelves empty as closure looms,
Chicago Maroon, Chicago, Illinois 1/11/08
- Comparing apples to (organic) apples,
Observer, Livonia, Michigan
- Morning Sun residents don't want to lose their grocery store,
Journal, Muscatine, Iowa 1/11/08
- Wakefern and IBM Team to Update Store Experience in ShopRite Stores,
CNNMoney.com, Atlanta, Georgia 1/11/08
- LAND O'LAKES, INC. News Release,
Reuters, London, United Kingdom 1/9/08
- Industry watching small-town experiment,
Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky 1/7/08
- Alto Dairy announces new board members,
Reporter, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 1/6/08
- Burlington County bogs produce a bountiful crop,
Burlington County News, Burlington, New Jersey 1/1/08
- CHS Posts Record $300.9 Million in Earnings for 1st Quarter 2008,
CNNMoney.com, Atlanta, Georgia 1/11/08
- GROWMARK, CSE Announce New Grain Marketing Deal,
Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 12/26/07
- Florida Wins Citrus Case,
Motley Fool, Washington, DC 12/19/07
- American Crystal Sugar growers coming off good year,
Farm and Ranch, Bismarck, North Dakota 12/20/07
- Food Co-op allocates 2008 community shopping days,
The Herald, Bellingham, Washington 1/10/08
- Electric Co-op: No More Free Hookups for New Homes ,
Coastal Pilot, Brookings, Oregon 1/9/08
- New Vision Co-op seeks to build fertilizer plant,
Daily Globe, Worthington, Minnesota 1/9/08
- Pedernales co-op lawsuit on hold for settlement talks,
American-Statesman, Austin, Texas 1/8/08
- Division Ave. Arts Co-op closes doors,
Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan 12/28/07
- Tennessee Farmers Co-op sales going strong despite drought,
The Leaf Chronicle,Clarksville, Tennessee 12/29/07
- Tobacco farmer lawsuit ends, co-op to pay $100M,
The Ledger Independent, Maysville, Kentucky 12/28/07
- Preschool co-op looks to future,
Herald, Moses Lake, Washington 12/26/07
- Troubled Co-Op grocery checks out,
Sun Times, Chicago, Illinois 12/15/07
- Transformation of information ,
Reporter-Times, Martinsville, Indiana 12/29/07
- Danby committee explores opening co-op market,
The Ithaca Journal, Ithaca, New York 12/24/07
- 'Acting Cooperatively' To Save On Heating Oil Costs,
The Day, Norwalk, Connecticut 12/28/07
- Sales up 40% for Aurora Co-op,
The Independent, Grand Island, Nebraska 12/23/07
- Wine co-op planned,
Times-News, Erie, Pennsylvania 12/23/07
- Dallas partners of Honduran sewing co-op reap eye-catching rewards,
Morning News, Dallas, Texas 12/7/07
- The day we got the 'juice',
The transcript, Norman, Oklahoma 12/28/07
- Two Ag Co-ops to Merge,
KFYR, Bismarck, North Dakota 12/11/07
- Co-Ops Lend Labor to Nonprofits,
The Daily Californian, Berkely, California 12/4/07
- Nilsestuen, Van Sickle Honored by WI Federation of Co-ops,
Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 12/6/07
- Being hip & trendy,
Daily Iowan, Des Moines, Iowa 12/21/07
- Wisconsin organic ice cream company lands national distribution,
Small Business Times, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 12/24/07
- Software Cooperative Launches Free Windows Apps,
Information Week, 1/4/08
- Pro-Fac Announces Dividend,
CNN.COM, Atlanta, Georgia 1/4/08
- United Cooperative Offering $10,000 in Scholarship Funds,
Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1/3/08
- Throw in the soap; it's time to clean up MEA,
Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska 1/4/08
- Food co-op's appetite for space grows,
Herald, Baker City, Oregon 1/3/08
- Workplace Democracy and Collective Consciousness: An Empirical Study of Venezuelan Cooperatives,
Monthly Review, New York, New York January 2008
- Albany food co-op will spend $3.5M+ to build new, larger store,
The Business Review, Latham, New York 1/4/08
- A $100 million year for Burnett Dairy Co-op,
Leader, Frederic, Wisconsin 12/19/07
- Cooperative allows farmers to better control milk sales,
American Farm, 12/15/07
- Ocean Spray Happy with “Phenomenal” Asian Growth ,
Fresh Plaza, Duiven, The Netherlands 12/11/07
international stories
- Reusablebags.com Wins Co-Op America's People's Choice Award for 2007 Green Business of the Year,
Gifts and Tablewares, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1/11/08
- Transforming Communities Through Locally-Grown Food,
Atlantic Free Press, Groningen, Netherlands 1/20/08
- Pat on the back for grain co-op ,
East Anglian, Cardiff, United Kingdom 1/16/08
- UK's Co-op achieves eighth consecutive quarter of like-for-like food growth,
Forbes.com, London, United Kingdom 1/8/08
- Hike in prices of foodstuffs seen as artificial, Co-ops union rapped,
Arab Times, Kuwait City, Kuwait 1/18/08
- Co-operative vs co-operative,
BBC News, London, United Kingdom 1/18/08
- Agricultural co-ops to enter retail,
Times of India, New Delhi, India 1/15/08
- Co-operation,
The Mississauga News, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 1/18/08
- Plan to help debt-ridden farmers via farm coop societies,
Quami Ekta, Punjab, India 1/18/08
- Coop launches biotech product to boost agriculture development in Samar,
Philippine Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 1/17/08
- ‘Dreams of quick cash blind co-operatives‘,
The Herald, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1/18/08
- Malaysia: Regulating Co-operatives,
Mondag, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 1/14/08
- Kenya: Coffee Fund Releases Sh217 Million to Farmers,
Business Daily, Nairobi, Kenya 1/15/08
- Namibia: Ohandje Artists Co-Operative Elect New Board Members,
New Era, Windhoek, Namibia 1/18/08
- Sugar cooperatives directed to pay arrears,
The Hindu, Chennai, India 1/15/08
- Mother Dairy to take on Amul milk in Gujarat,
livemint.com, Delhi, India 12/31/08
- Housing project takes shape,
The Record, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 1/15/08
- Cooperative housing project launched,
Greater Kashmire Online, Srinagar, India 1/8/08
- How Co-op conquered the health trap and reaped the dividend of an older workforce,
The Guardian, London, United Kingdom 1/20/08
- Bega co-op plans restructure ,
ABC Rural News, Sydney, Australia 1/16/08
- ACCC to allow Co-op members collective bargaining powers ,
Food Week, Australia 1/17/08
- Fishermen co-op cleans environment organically,
livemint.com, Delhi, India 1/7/08
- La Union transport coop hails oil tariff cut,
Philippines Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 1/10/08
- Davao Norte power coop posts P144M in losses since 2004 ,
Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 1/6/08
- Cooperatives Union warns local egg companies,
Kuwait Times, Kuwait City, Kuwait 12/15/07
- Tax shelter for co-operative societies,
Sify, Chennai, India 1/12/08
- Co-operative goes into construction,
Farmers Guardian, London, United Kingdom 1/11/08
- UK cooperative opts out of dairy production,
Dairy Reporter, Montpellier, France 1/11/08
- 60 Richmond Street East Housing Co-Operative,
Canadian Architect, Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 2007
- Redundancy? No! We bought the company,
The Guardian, London, United Kingdom 1/12/08
- Falling beef and sheep counts threaten meat processors,
New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 1/8/08
- The Co-operators Among Canada's 50 Best Employers,
CNW Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1/28/08
- Priest’s good deed 39 years ago still yields fruits ,
Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 1/12/08
- Rwandan ex-combatants succeed in bakery project,
ReliefWeb, Geneva, Switzerland 1/10/08
- Cooperative Finds Ways to Force OFWs to Save,
Pinoy Press, Manila, Philippines 1/7/08
- 2007 Valley apple crop largest ever: Scotian Gold,
Business Journal, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1/12/08
- New organic milk group takes shape,
The Guardian, Prince Edward Island, Canada 12/29/07
- UK's Co-op achieves eighth consecutive quarter of like-for-like food growth,
Forbes Europe, 1/8/08
- China to increase subsidies for rural co-op medical scheme ,
China View, Beijing, China 1/7/08
- New Mountain Equipment Co-op CEO says new stores in the works,
The Canadian Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1/4/08
- Power co-op execs linked to scams try out-of-court deals,
Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 1/5/08
- Seminar advocates co-op movement,
E-Pao, India 12/28/07
- Go-ahead for Bermi Co-Op redevelopment ,
Bega District News, Bega, NSW, Australia 12/28/07
- Co-op no comparison,
Waikato Times, Waikato, New Zealand 12/28/07
- Mountain Equipment Co-op pulls plastic water bottles,
National Post, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 12/07/07
- Large co-ops to revive failed banks,
The Economic Times, Delhi, India 12/3/07
- Dutch dairy co-ops announce massive merger,
Farmers Weekly, London, United Kingdom 12/29/07
- GKN Promotes Solidarity Among Co-Ops ,
Brunei Direct, Brunei, Darasalaam 12/17/07
- Fishers angry at new study,
ABC Rural, Sydney, Australia 12/20/07
- RBI cancels licence of Ravi Co-operative Bank,
Money Control, Delhi, India 1/3/08
- Credit Union concerns ,
Nation News, St. Michael, Barbados 1/3/08
- Organic farmers pull out,
The Independent, Brighton, Ontario, Canada 1/3/08
- Greenery to welcome foreign growers as members,
FreshInfo, London, United Kingdom 1/3/07
- Ghana: Farmers' Co-Operative Groups to Benefit from MCA,
Accra Mail, Accra, Ghana 12/18/07
- "Labour hero” executed for setting up private farm,
Asia News, Italy 1/3/07
- Government focuses on co-operative sector development,
Daily News, Sri Lanka 12/25/07
- Co-op radio ordered to justify itself,
Straight.com, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1/3/08
- Mong woman preserves Lung Tam linen,
Vietnam News Service, Hanoi, Vietnam 12/29/07
- Government assures co-operative societies,
Akwa Ibom State News, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 12/12/07
- Potential Wider Role for the Co-operative Enterprise Model in Ireland - Forfás,
Forfas, Dublin, Ireland 12/6/07
- Growing pains for organic milk producers; Dairy Farmers of Ontario want to increase supply,
The Sun Times, Owen Sound,Ontario, Canada 1/3/07
- Co-operatives – saviour of the masses ,
Nation News, St. Michael, Barbados, 12/19/07
- Co-operatives need to build strength,
Vietnam News Service, Hanoi, Vietnam 12/26/07
- Choc tactics: Cocoa co-operatives,
The Independent, London, United Kingdom 1/4/08
- Co-operatives create 7,800 jobs in three years,
Nhan Dan, Hanoi, Vietnam 12/25/07
- Cooperative in Maharashtra shows the big picture,
IBN, Mumbai, India 1/5/08
- Tibal-og banana coop fenced off,
Sun Star, Davao, Philippines 1/5/08
- Filmmakers break out of Bollywood mold - Feature,
Earth Times, London, United Kingdom 1/4/08
- Uncertainty Faces NZ Cooperatives,
Stuff.com, Auckland, New Zealand 12/12/07
- Market for organic foods can only grow,
The Intelligencer, Belleville, Ontario, Canada 1/5/08
- Choc tactics: Cocoa co-operatives,
The Independent, London, United Kingdom 1/5/08
- Farmer backlash in Germany,
Waikato Times, Waikato, New Zealand 12/13/07
- Is Fonterra making the right choices?,
Stuff.com, Wellington, New Zealand 12/15/07
- Co-op farmers know their onions... ,
Eastern Daily Press, London, United Kingdom 12/19/07
- Govt to amend co-operative Act,
Quami Ekta, New Delhi, India 12/12/07
- Lack of answers irks farmers,
Waikato Times, Waikato, New Zealand 12/12/07
- The white revolution,
The Hindu, Chennai, India 12/14/07
- A tale of two takeovers,
Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 12/24/07
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