domestic stories

• Community co-op launches buyers club; other projects move forward,
  Lake Country News, Lakeport, California 7/11/08
• Groups ask for Senate hearing on farmers co-op,
  Tribune, Chicago, Illinois 7/8/08
• Co-op throws down gauntlet: Can you make your diet local?,
  Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 7/10/08
• Workers' comp co-op hits high,
  Bee, Sacramento, California 7/10/08
• Produce co-op balks at license, moves,
  The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California 7/9/08
• Everpure Biodiesel Co-op begins selling fuel,
  Biodiesel, Grand Forks, North Dakota 7/9/08
• Remember $2.70/gallon gas? Thanks to co-op, Weston does,
  The Weston Forum, Weston, Connecticut 7/10/08
• Co-op to expand methane power plant,
  Herald, Rutland, Vermont 7/16/08
• Chamber starts 2008 electricity co-op,
  Times, Owing Mills, Maryland 7/16/08
• Food co-op plans public meeting Saturday,
  The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington 6/16/08
• Food co-op being organized,
  Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York 7/16/08
• Pedernales co-op board blows it - again,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 7/15/08
• City to let electric co-op develop plan for power from renewable sources,
  Sun Journal, New Bern, North Carolina 7/15/08
• Food co-op movement in East New York achieves success,
  Cayman Mama, Richardson, Texas 7/15/08
• Is Dairy Co-Op Milking the System?,
  iStockAnalyst, Salem, Oregon 7/15/08
• Plans for food co-opmove forward,
  Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, Washington 7/17/08
• Will Farmers Create Canola Co-Op?,
  iStockAnalyst, Salem, Oregon 7/13/08
• Co-ops make deal with Pa. wind farm,
  The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware 7/10/08
• 30 Days 30 Ways to Save: Local babysitting co-ops growing in numbers,
  wkyc, Cleveland, Ohio 7/8/08
• Midwest, Ag Partners co-ops weigh merger ,
  Journal, Sioux City, Iowa 7/8/08
• Cooperative Bankshares Inc (COOP) completely dumped by Unionbancal Corp,
  MFFAIS, 7/17/08
• NCEMC Joins National Cooperative To Gain Renewable Energy Resources,
  North American Wind Power, 7/17/08
• Cooperative accepts old, used bicycles,
  Oak Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois 7/16/08
• Common Ground Food Cooperative Spreads Out in Illinois,
  redOrbit, Texas 7/15/08
• AP realigns business news coverage around beats,
  Associated Press, New York, New York 7/17/08
• FEMA gives RECs $52 million,
  KHGI, Kearney, Nebraska 7/18/08
• U.S. cooperatives form a $150 billion organizational giant,
  Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin 7/13/08
• Gates-led micro-enterprise can help Africans survive, thrive,
  Post Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington 7/15/08
• Seminole Electric Cooperative wins court ruling,
  Business Journal, Tampa, Florida 7/18/08
• Building on Minnesota roots: a cooperative response to hard times,
  Daily Planet, Minneapolis, Minnesota 6/25/08
• New co-op grocery store in Stone Lake opens its doors for a busy first week,
  Sawyer County Record, Hayward, Wisconsin 7/9/08
• Food pantries join in co-op,
  Times-Call, Longmont, Colorado
• Bay Ridge residents form food co-op following Key Food closing,
  Daily News, New York, New York 6/28/08
• Organic Valley Halts Milk Purchases with Texas Dairy,
  Common Dreams, Portland, Maine 7/17/08
• Organic Valley stops buying factory farm milk, says watchdog group,
  Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin 7/16/08
• Is dairy co-op milking the system?,
  Star, Kansas City, Missouri 7/14/08
• Grafton Village Cheese Co. expands to Brattleboro,
  Times Argus, Montpelier, Vermont 7/19/08
• US Dairy Group to Cut Herd Size to Lift Milk Prices,
  Reuters, London, United Kingdom 7/18/08
• Cranberry companies hope to grow more in Wis.,
  Tribune, Chicago, Illinois 7/19/08
• Reaping What Foreign Growers Sow,
  Wall Street Journal, New York, New York 7/15/08
• CHS profit dips as commodities soar, but energy margins narrow,
  Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minnesota 7/10/08
• America's Credit Unions: Secure, Strong,
  MarketWatch, 7/18/08
• Land O'Lakes Schedules 2nd Quarter Earnings Call for July 29, 2008,
  MarketWatch, 7/15/08
• Organic Valley—A Crisis in Confidence?,
  Food Consumer, 7/3/08
• Farmers at Organic Valley Assert Control to Maintain High Ethics Standards at Co-op,
  CommonDreams,org, ,
• CoBank adds $200 million to capital as volatile market conditions continue,
  Feedstuffs, 7/8/08
• Student News: Barrett receives CHS scholarship,
  Journal Advocate, Sterling, Colorado 7/19/08
• City of Ontario to Celebrate Wall Raising for D Street Senior Co-op Housing Development: ,
  Inland Empire News, Ontario, California 7/18/08
• Strategic planning at for local Co-op,
  Montana's News Station, Billings, Montana 7/12/08
• Co-op plans to get power from landfill,
  Gazette, Billings, Montana 7/13/08
• Residents form co-op for oil-buying leverage,
  Daily Democrat, Dover, New Hampshire 7/12/08
• Congress asking if Pedernales practices widespread,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 7/13/08
• New senior co-op in Rochester will overlook river,
  Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minnesota 7/4/08
• PUC puts taxi co-op on back burner,
  Post, Denver, Colorado 7/2/08
• Wagner questions co-op board ad and meeting minutes,
  El Defensor Chieftain, Socorro, New Mexico 7/2/08
• Time to join a food co-op?,
  WalletPop, 7/2/08
• Small town co-op marks century of success,
  Enterprise Bulletin, Perhap, Minnesota 7/1/08
• Wykoff Grocery co-op taking off thanks to community spirit,
  Spring Valley Tribune, Spring Valley, Minnesota 7/1/08
• Electric co-op goes for gold with green expansion,
  Business North, Duluth, Minnesota 7/1/08
• New Vision Co-op breaks ground,
  Daily Globe, Worthington, Minnesota 7/2/08
• East Central Iowa Co-op suffers millions in losses from floods,
  Agri News, Rochester, Minnesota 7/1/08
• Communal living plan faces objections, obstacles,
  Daily Freeman, Kingston, New York 7/5/08
• Report due Monday could affect lawsuit against Cobb EMC,
  Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia 7/4/08
• Co-op pays record wheat dividends,
  Wenatchee World, Wenatchee, Washington 6/30/08
• Co-Op America: 3,000 American Investors Urge the SEC to End Corporate Secrecy on Climate Change,
  The Earth Times, Washington, DC 6/30/08
• Minnesota co-op knows its whey,
  Forum, Fargo, North Dakota 7/1/08
• Nat'l Rural Utilities Coop launches $1.3 bln in 2 parts-IFR,
  Reuters, London, United Kingdom 6/23/08
• An ode to co-ops,
  The Daily Texan, Austin, Texas 7/3/08
• Meal Deals: Food co-ops find savings in numbers,
  The State, Columbia, South Carolina 7/3/08
• City examines co-ops for locally serving businesses,
  Daily News, Aspen, Colorado 7/2/08
• Co-ops serve Bemidji area,
  Pioneer, Bemidji, Minnesota 6/29/08
• Investigate the electric co-ops,
  The City Paper, Nashville, Tennessee 6/30/08
• Volunteers help co-ops bring something to the table,
  Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia 6/19/08
• Small-Biz Proponents Mull Legislation Allowing Health Care Co-ops,
  Daily News, Memphis, Tennessee 7/10/08
• NCGA Promotes Bulk-Buying Options,
  RedOrbit, 7/1/08
• From the archives of Rural Cooperatives 50 Years Ago...,
  RedOrbit, 7/1/08
• Highline Electric sends SHS student to Washington,
  Journal-Advocate, Sterling, Colorado 7/5/08
• The real bread is in the ovens,
  Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota 7/4/08
• Congressional committee hears testimony on Pedernales,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 6/27/08
• Raising the Standard,
  RedOrbit, 7/1/08
• Quality day care for free,
  ksl.com, Salt Lake City, Utah 6/24/08
• Cash distribution declared by Pro-Fac Cooperative Inc,
  Trading Markets, 7/4/08
• Credit union lending cooperative growing despite skittish economy,
  Business First, Columbus, Ohio 7/4/08
• Indiana Cooperative Development Center receives $250,000 grant,
  Noblesville News, Noblesville, Indiana 7/2/08
• N.H. dairy farms enticed to go organic,
  Daily Democrat, Dover, New Hampshire 7/6/08
• Organic Valley—A Crisis in Confidence?,
  Food Consumer, 7/3/08
• Noank Cooperative Works To Keep Oyster Business Strong,
  Courant, Hartford, Connecticut 6/13/08
• Pro-Fac Announces Dividend,
  Trading Markets, 7/3/08
• Keeping the Lights On,
  RedOrbit, 7/1/08
• Rising costs affecting cooperatives,
  The Ironton Tribune, Ironton, Ohio 6/21/08
• The power of corncobs,
  Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota 7/6/08
• Local businessman plans a green technology cooperative,
  The Observer, Humble, Texas 7/3/08
• Energy projects valued at $3.6 billion,
  Tribune, Bismarck, North Dakota 7/6/08
• No gas? No problem: Bicycle sales, interest on the rise locally,
  The News-Gazette, Champaign, Illinois 7/6/08
• Co-op comes to Casa Grande; may help you save on groceries,
  Dispatch, Casa Grande, Arizona 7/5/08
• Food Co-ops: A way to combat the rising cost of food,
  Businessweek, 6/30/08
• Record $11.1 Billion Revenue for DFA,
  redOrbit, 7/1/08
• CWT Accepts Another Foremost Export Assistance Bid,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 7/1/08
• How wooly heads wisely prevail,
  Globe, Boston, Massachusetts 7/7/08
• State, ag co-op partner on bioenergy crops,
  The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin 6/10/08
• American Crystal Sugar to turn sugar beet waste into methane,
  Biomass Magazine, Grand Forks, North Dakota 7/2/08
• Fitch Rates CoBank's Preferred Stock Issue 'A',
  Business Wire, New York, New York 7/1/08

international stories

• Co-op members suffer in poverty,
  Dispatch, East London, South Africa 7/9/08
• Hutson touts co-op,
  The Nation, Bridgetown, Barbados 7/7/08
• Co-op gears up for big 4 battle,
  The Independent, London, United Kingdom 7/17/08
• EVERYDAY LAW: Rightness of the co-op per diem ,
  The Nation, Bridgetown, Barbados 7/16/08
• Profits trebled at Tipperary Co-op,
  Independent, London, United Kingdom 7/15/08
• Guj milk co-ops increase procurement prices,
  Business Standard, Delhi, India 7/11/08
• The man who taught farmers it pays to bank,
  The Standard, Nairobi, Kenya 7/17/08
• JK touts co-operative societies,
  Tanzania Standard News, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 7/15/08
• Bank of Italy official says cooperative bank governance rules need reforming,
  Forbes, 7/13/08
• Co-ops to get preference in debt waiver,
  Business Standard, Delhi, India 7/16/08
• Government of Canada Supports Saskatoon Environmentors Co-operative(Core Neighbourhood Youth Co-op),
  marketwire, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 7/15/08
• Kuwait eyes overseas farms as food prices soar,
  kippreport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 7/17/08
• Cuba farmers to get more land in latest reform,
  Reuters, London, United Kingdom 7/16/08
• Cooperatives with over 6mln birr capital undertaking dev’t works in Diredawa town,
  Walt Info, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 7/19/08
• Craft co-operatives set for shake-up,
  Viet Nam News, Hanoi, Vietnam 7/18/08
• Green energy opens doors for power cooperatives ,
  Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 7/12/08
• Farming lobby seeks restructuring,
  Stuff.com, Wellington, New Zealand 7/16/08
• Land Reform: Prospects and Challenges,
  New Era, Winhoek, Namibia 7/18/08
• Consumer cooperatives striving to stabilize market in Diredawa town,
  Walta Info, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 7/12/08
• Cooperatives protect environment,
  Daily News, Gabarone, Botswana 7/10/08
• Ferrara Frutta (Italy): a comment on the stone fruit season,
  Fresh Plaza, Duiven, The Netherlands 7/14/08
• Watermelon growing is big business in China,
  Fresh Plaza, Duiven, The Netherlands 7/14/08
• Cooperatives Contribute Only One Per Cent To GDP - Noh,
  Bernama, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 7/8/08
• Commission raises big doubts over Friesland-Campina merger,
  Food Navigator, Montpelier, France 7/18/08
• Commission invites dialogue with cooperatives about supposed state aid in Italy,
  Cooperatives Europe, 6/17/08
• Co-op's success swoop,
  Evening News, Manchester, United Kingdom 7/17/08
• Milk start-ups take on Fonterra,
  Stuff.com, Wellington, New Zealand 7/19/08
• Dalits milk their way to self-reliance,
  Kalinga Times, Odisha, India 7/12/08
• Fromage fracas causes stink,
  Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 7/16/08
• Consortium eyes stevedoring firm,
  This is Hampshire, Hampshire, United Kingdom 7/18/08
• Credit union changes could help beat crunch,
  Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 7/19/08
• Fonterra Makes Second Cut to Energy Use,
  iStockAnalyst, 7/17/08
• Fonterra gives Dairy Equities cold shoulder,
  National Business Review, Auckland, New Zealand 7/7/08
• Co-operators sell for $81M,
  Mercury, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 7/18/08
• Paul Hastie awarded CMHC award for outstanding contribution to co-operative housing,
  CNW Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6/20/08
• Agropur Cross-Canada Bicycle Tour - Over $110,000 raised for Breakfast Clubs of Canada,
  CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 7/1/08
• NZ Farming Systems May Buy Land, Start Dairy Farming in Brazil ,
  Bloomberg, 7/11/08
• Co-op poised to tie up £1.6bn buyout of Somerfield stores,
  The Guardian, London, United Kingdom 7/13/08
• Mackay Sugar, Proserpine Co-op plan merger,
  ABC News, Sydney, Australia 7/11/08
• The boatmen’s co-op ,
  Malta Today, San Gwann, Malta 7/9/08
• Local producers, manufacturers open co-op to sell products,
  The Daily Observer, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada 7/10/08
• Mountain Equipment Co-op tops off Mount Benson campaign,
  BC Local News, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 7/4/08
• Health insurance scheme for members of coop societies ,
  Quami Ekta, Oakland, California 7/4/08
• New laws to strengthen Co-op Movement ,
  Daily News, Colombo, Sri Lanka 7/5/08
• Filmmakers co-op calls on aspiring screen writers ,
  The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 7/4/08
• Ontario's first biodiesel co-op is opening July 5,
  The Wellington Advertiser, Fergus, Ontario, Canada 7/5/08
• Canada credited with Ugandan co-op revival,
  Western Producere, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 7/3/08
• Kenya's Co-op Bank doubles IPO target to $154 mln,
  Reuters, London, United Kingdom 6/30/08
• Women's sewing co-op gets a hand,
  Burnaby Now, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 7/2/08
• Kipling and Broadview Co-ops to hold vote on merger,
  The Kiplinger Citizen, Kipling, Saskatchewan , Canada 7/4/08
• Co-op sector in a shamblesCo-op sector in a shambles,
  Newind Press, Chennai, India 7/1/08
• Baguio folk plan own power co-op ,
  Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 6/25/08
• Measures to support Co-ops if interest rates rise ,
  Mail, Cyprus 7/2/08
• Plan to loosen restrictions on co-ops and credit unions,
  The Guardian, London, United Kingdom 6/28/08
• Farm co-ops in £100m merger,
  EADT24, East Anglia, United Kingdom 7/1/08
• Tough times give co-ops shot in the arm,
  AsiaOne Business, Singapore 7/1/08
• $3m project to help develop VN co-ops,
  Viet Nam News, Hanoi, Vietnam 6/28/08
• Co-ops bring £27.4bn to UK economy,
  Co-operative News, Manchester, United Kingdom 6/29/08
• Miner Assists Co-Ops to Acquire Skills,
  Trading Markets, 6/17/08
• Community health co-operative meets to elect inaugural board,
  Times-Colonist, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 7/4/08
• Bank to support co-operative societies,
  Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Nairobi, Kenya 7/6/08
• Cooperatives minister gives grand plan for sector ,
  Sunday Nation, Nairobi, Kenya 7/6/08
• KNCU gets international status,
  Daily News, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 7/6/08
• Cooperatives hailed,
  Uganda Business News, Uganda 7/6/08
• Cooperatives Have Key Role Tackling Climate Change,
  Scoop, Auckland, New Zealand 7/6/08
• Health co-op board gets vote of approval,
  Times Colonist, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 7/6/08
• Maoist to gear up cooperatives movement,
  Rising Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal 7/5/08
• Evaluation of the new rural cooperative medical system in China: is it working or not?,
  7th Space, New York, New York 6/30/08
• Wassira launches cooperatives gala,
  Tanzania Standard News, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 6/30/08
• Vote will decide future direction of meat industry,
  The National Business Review, Auckland, New Zealand 7/1/08
• Agriculture's collision of history and reality,
  Stuff, Auckland, New Zealand 7/6/08
• ALBA Contributions to Nicaragua Highlighted,
  Prensa Latina, Havana, Cuba 7/2/08
• 'Cooperatives viable to fight unemployment in SA',
  SABC News, Auckland Park, South Africa 7/5/08
• Co-operatives also play key role to ensure economic growth: minister,
  Straits Times, Singapore 7/4/08
• Cunene: Over 30 Cattle-Breeding Co-operatives Get Micro Credits,
  Angola Press, Luanda, Angola 7/4/08
• Nation to celebrate International Day of Cooperatives,
  Walta Information Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 7/2/08
• Independent commission to explore role of housing co-operatives,
  24Dash, Hereford, United Kingdom 7/1/08
• Uganda: ICCI to Revive Cotton Cooperatives,
  The Monitor, Kampala, Uganda 6/23/08
• Cooperatives Urged To Unite Under Union ,
  Brudirect, Brunei, Darussalam 6/8/08
• Farmers - Is it time to co-operate and reap the rewards,
  Farming UK, London, United Kingdom 7/4/08
• ‘Cooperative sector influences every economic sphere in JK’,
  Greater Kashmir, Srinagar, India 7/6/08
• Fiji to host cooperatives conference,
  Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Suva, Fiji 7/7/08
• How to save gasoline and work in comfort,
  Haaretz, Tel Aviv, Israel 7/6/08
• Housing co-op societies in doldrums,
  Newind Press, Chennai, India 6/17/08