domestic stories

• Littleton Group Trying to Set Up a Food Coop,
  ny Public Radio, Concord, New Hampshire 6/23/08
• Missouri co-op concentrates on powerful pellets,
  Star, Kansas City, Missouri 6/21/08
• Pedernales Electric Co-Op elects new directors,
  KXAN, Austin, Texas 6/22/08
• Littleton Group Trying to Set Up a Food Coop,
  New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, New Hampshire 6/23/08
• Bronx Produce Co-op Says Market May Leave the City,
  Times, New York, New York 6/12/08
• Congress to query co-op on practices,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 6/14/08
• The special "Hell's Kitchen" edition of my housing co-op newsletter,
  OEN, 6/13/08
• Artist co-op one step closer at Tyler State Park,
  Bucks Local News, Morrisville, Pennsylvania 6/11/08
• Co-Op Collaboration,
  Metro Pulse, Knoxville, Tennessee 6/11/08
• Reliving NY socialism in working-class 'Utopia',
  Globe, Boston, Massachusetts 6/12/08
• At co-ops, green power grabs power,
  Daily Planet, Telluride, Colorado 6/10/08
• Small-Biz Proponents Mull Legislation Allowing Health Care Co-ops,
  Daily News, Memphis, Tennessee 6/16/08
• United Cooperative Employee Participates in Disaster Relief,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 6/16/08
• Noank Cooperative Works To Keep Oyster Business Strong,
  Courant, Hartford, Connecticut 6/13/08
• Pam Bolin makes history at Swiss Valley,
  Agri News, Rochester, Minnesota 6/16/08
• Co-op-erating,
  Dig, Boston, Massachusetts June 2008
• Is merger right for Carroll County REMC? ,
  Carroll County Comet, Flora, Indiana 6/18/08
• Ten Local Kansas Cooperatives Join Forces to Create Grain Marketing Company,
  GrainNet, Decatur, Illinois 6/10/08
• Weaver Street opens third store Thursday,
  The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6/18/08
• French Broad Food Co-op has lost sight of its original principles,
  Mountain Xpress, Ashville, North Carolina 5/28/08
• Food for thought...Thought for food.,
  Village Soup, Waldo County, Maine 6/13/08
• Lettuce Shop Locally,
  Investor's Business Daily, 6/6/08
• Rainbow, Casey team up in garden,
  Northeast Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi 6/18/08
• Kenosha to get food distributor,
  Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 6/17/08
• Swiss Valley Farms celebrating 50 years of success,
  AgriNews, Rochester, Minnesota 6/16/08
• How the Flood is Affecting Organic Farmers,
  WKBT, La Crosse, Wisconsin 6/18/08
• CoBank's ratings affirmed with stable outlook - Fitch,
  Forbes, 5/29/08
• Co-op Buys Assets Of Berkshire Wind Project,
  North American Wind Power, 6/16/08
• Federation Co-op Contributes to Cranberry Center Fund Drive,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 6/16/08
• Missoula co-op celebrates opening,
  Montana's News Station, Billings, Montana 6/15/08
• Agland Co-op dedicates upgraded and new equipment,
  News, Salem, Ohio 6/14/08
• KATU stands by story on Tillamook cheese co-op,
  KATU, Portland, Oregon 6/7/08
• Beachner Grain sells co-op fuel division,
  Miami County Weekend, Overland Park, Kansas 6/6/08
• How the co-op responds,
  New Hampshire Business Review, Manchester, New Hampshire 6/6/08
• Dairy co-op is target of a federal investigation,
  The River Reporter, Narrowsburg, New York 6/5/08
• Editorial: Co-Op Faces Challenges ,
  Telegraph, Mountain View, New Mexico 6/5/08
• Pedernales Electric Co-op lawsuit settlement delayed,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 6/5/08
• Parents making plans for homeschool co-op,
  Tribune, Tahoe, California 6/3/08
• Something sour in DFA co-op's dealings,
  Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois 6/3/08
• Co-op promotes good food, good prices, good deeds,
  The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah 5/23/08
• Bicycle co-ops turn work into wheels,
  News&Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina 6/2/08
• Mayor Backs Oil Co-Ops,
  redOrbit, 5/30/08
• Webinar to Discuss Research Findings of Economic Impact of Co-ops,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 5/15/08
• NorthStar Coop Stockowners Receive in Patronage, Dividends,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 6/2/08
• Wisconsin-born Organic Valley celebrates 20 years,
  OnMilwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 6/8/08
• Online Network Helps Save Money On Groceries,
  cbs11, Dallas, Texas 6/6/08
• Health cooperative confident about expanding in area,
  Press Gazette, Green Bay, Wisconsin 6/8/08
• Ten Local Kansas Cooperatives Join Forces to Create Grain Marketing Company,
  GrainNet, Decatur, Illinois 6/10/08
• CWT cow kill courts backlash,
  Agriweb, 6/10/08
• Bongards' Creamery will celebrate 100 years June 21,
  AgriNews, Rochester, Minnesota
• Wisconsin invests in biomass project,
  Brownfield, Jefferson City, Missouri 6/10/08
• Cut your grocery bill in half!,
  ABC Action News, Tampa, Florida 6/10/08
• Whole Foods reverses self, will keep buying County Natural Beef,
  The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon 6/10/08
• Dairy Co-Op Financial Questions Focus of Investigations,
  redOrbit, 6/9/08
• Saputo's Profit Jumps During Fourth Quarter,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 6/10/08
• CHS Foundation Awards $25,000 to Graduating High School Seniors,
  Earth Times, 6/10/08
• Sadie Geiger Wins GROWMARK's 2008 Essay Contest for FFA Members,
  Prairie Farmer, Decatur, Illinois 5/13/08
• The Breadth of Activism,
  It's Getting Hot in Here, 6/4/08,
• Organic Prairie producer Ron Rosmann in Outstanding Pork Quality Award ,
  Times News, Missouri Valley, Iowa 6/5/08
• New Hampshire Electric Co-op said in good shape for future,
  The Citizen, Laconia, New Hampshire 6/22/08
• A cool wool pool: Blount County co-op is America's oldest,
  Daily Times, Knoxville, Tennessee 6/22/08
• Co-op unveils efficient house,
  Cullman Times, Cullman, Washington
• Co-op promotes good food, good prices, good deeds,
  The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah 6/19/08
• Bicycle co-op gives cyclists a third hand,
  The Lantern, Columbus, Ohio 6/24/08
• Bay Ridge Food Co-op Is Now on the Table,
  Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York 6/23/08
• Families pool resources, save on food bills,
  The Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah 6/24/08
• Local farmers agree to form an ag co-o,
  Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas 6/21/08
• Farmington co-op business sold,
  Morning Sentinel, Augusta, Maine 6/21/08
• Ridge market battle goes co-op,
  The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, New York 6/21/08
• Texas Parents Set Up Co-Op To Solve Babysitting Problem,
  WOAI, San Antonio, Texas 6/19/08
• Coffee to Rise 14% on Funds, Low Stockpiles, Brazil Co-Op Says ,
  Bloomberg, New York, New York
• Wisconsin flooding may mean pricier organic foods,
  Tribune, Chicago, Illinois 6/24/08
• Rising costs affecting cooperatives,
  The Tribune, Ironton, Ohio 6/21/08
• Electric co-ops accuse Rep. Cooper of wrongdoing ,
  Chronicle, Houston, Texas 6/27/08
• Building on Minnesota roots: a cooperative response to hard times,
  Daily Planet, Minneapolis, Minnesota 6/25/08
• Lt. Governor awards $250,000 grant to Indiana Cooperative Development Center,
  Star, Indianapolis, Indiana 6/27/08
• Consortium pumps up biodiesel,
  Business Journal, San Jose, California 6/27/08
• Project Helps Indonesian Women Succeed in Business,
  Ag News, College Station, Texas 6/27/08
• Western Montana co-op goes direct to consumers,
  The Packer, Billings, Montana 6/25/08
• Ridge market battle goes co-op,
  The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, New York 6/21/08
• Farmers at Organic Valley Assert Control to Maintain High Ethics Standards at Co-op,
  Common Dreams, Portland, Maine 6/19/08
• CWT Accepts Foremost Farms Export Assistance Bids,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 6/24/08
• CHS and Triangle Ag LLC Form Agronomy Partnership,
  GrainNet, Decatur, Illinois 6/25/08
• Bicycle co-op gives cyclists a third hand,
  The Lantern, Columbus, Ohio 6/24/08

international stories

• Co-ops performing well in suspect economy, says Kelderman,
  Daily News, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada 6/18/08
• DAR credit assistance specialists evaluate South Leyte coops,
  Philippine Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 6/16/08
• Co-ops ask, "What would happen if everyone in Toronto needed housing?",
  CNW Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6/11/08
• Farmers in Kigoma earn over 9billion/- through export of their coffee,
  IppMedia, Dar es salaam, Tanzania 6/24/08
• Co-operative care,
  Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 6/19/08
• Feature: The inspiring story of "The Almeria Seafarers Cooperative",
  Philippine Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 6/21/08
• Uganda: ICCI to Revive Cotton Cooperatives,
  The Monitor, Kampala, Uganda 6/23/08
• 2 coops get P1.2-M aid for dairy milk production,
  Daily Star, Manila, Philippines 6/25/08
• Iran plans to establish 30,000 cooperatives,
  Mehr News, Tehran, Iran 6/21/08
• Oil-Dependent Japan Tries Turning Rice Into Fue,
  Wall Street Journal, New York, New York 6/25/08
• Angola: Peasants Get Micro-Credit,
  Angola Press Agency, Luanda, Angola 6/23/08
• Co-ops are vital in the poverty battle,
  Co-operative News, London, United Kingdom 6/24/08
• Cabinet approves co-operative sector review,
  Times, Suva, Fiji 6/25/08
• Cooperatives seek approval to run depots,
  The Rising Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal 6/26/08
• Private farm cooperative launches potato sorting line under Dutch-funded project,
  Online, Belarus 6/25/08
• Agric: AFDB, W’Bank to Assist Nigeria with $280m,
  The Day, Lago, Nigeria 6/24/08
• Nigeria: First Bank, Olam, Farmers Co-Operatives Sign N500 Million MOU,
  Vanguard, Lagos, Nigeria 6/11/08
• Producers' cooperatives with sales up at Kc19bn in 2007,
  Daily Monitor, Prague, Czech Republic 6/18/08
• Bad news brings good tidings to Cebu cooperative ,
  Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 6/28/08
• City staffers poised to pile into car co-op,
  Courier, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 6/11/08
• Co-op pays out £38.1m in 'divi',
  BBC News, London, United Kingdom 6/26/08
• Free trade in food? Not until the milking's done,
  Report on Business, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 6/26/08
• Sour milk for rivals,
  Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia 6/25/08
• Fonterra opens new HQ in United States,
  The National Business Review, Auckland, New Zealand 6/27/08
• Embattled Thornhill co-op gets national support,
  Advocate, York, Ontario, Canada 6/26/08
• Bleecker Street Housing Co-operative wins national award,
  CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6/14/08
• 2006 Census Data shows more Canadians struggle to pay for housing,
  CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6/4/08
• Together to live better, yet still apart,
  Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia 6/11/08
• Man. pork co-op to shut assembly yard,
  CountryGuide, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6/23/08
• Amul, now a bn dollar co-op enterprise,
  Zee News, Delhi, India 6/24/08
• $2.6m to set up fisherfolk co-op ,
  Nation News, Bridgetown, Barbados 6/18/08
• Stanley Co-op To Close At End Of June ,
  Falkland Islands News Network, Falkland Islands 6/20/08
• Co-op creates 30 new jobs,
  Chronicle, Hampshire, United Kingdom 6/13/08
• New Zealand dairy co-op proud of carbon footprint,
  The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 6/11/08
• Record earnings for co-op,
  Stuff.com, Auckland, New Zealand 6/11/08
• Juice co-op forced to source apples from Qld,
  ABC News, Sydney, Australia 6/9/08
• St Kitts Farmers Co-op receives funding from C.I.D.A,
  SKNVibes, St. Kitts 6/12/08
• After 40 years, housing co-ops needed more than ever,
  CNW Telbec, Ontario, Canada 6/13/08
• Three Co-ops to Merge Dairy Operations, Create France's Third Largest Milk Producer,
  FlexNews, Labège, France 6/11/08
• Co-ops ask, "What would happen if everyone in Toronto needed housing?",
  CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6/11/08
• Coffee farmers’ earnings set to double, says board ,
  Nation, Nairobi, Kenya 6/16/08
• Membership details of Hunternet cooperative,
  ferret, Chatswood, NSW, Australia 6/15/08
• Bleecker Street Housing Co-operative wins national award,
  CNW Telbec, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6/14/08
• Co-operative societies to act as mini banks,
  The Times of India, Delhi, India 6/11/08
• Agro co-operative societies scam collapses 5 provincial banks,
  The Post, Lahore, Pakistan 6/17/08
• Co-operatives Turn Idle Landed Venezuelan Estates Green,
  Venezuela Analysis, Caracas, Venezuela 6/18/08
• Producers' cooperatives with sales up at Kc19bn in 2007,
  Daily Monitor, Prague, Czech Republic 6/18/08
• Uganda: Budget - Economists Warn Against Graft,
  New Vision, Kampala, Uganda 6/17/08
• NADP disburses over N3m to farmers cooperatives,
  Nasarawa State, Nigeria 6/17/08
• Join co-operatives, cleric tells workers,
  The Tide, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 6/17/08
• Nigeria: First Bank, Olam, Farmers Co-Operatives Sign N500 Million MOU,
  Vanguard, Lagos, Nigeria 6/11/08
• Rwanda: World Food Crisis Highlights Importance of Agriculture,
  The New Times, Kigali, Rwanda 6/15/08
• Bay officials investigated after funds go missing,
  The Herald, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 6/18/08
• Farmers try to take back the market,
  The Budapest Times, Budapest, Hungary 6/16/08
• Cooperative performance impressive ,
  Republic of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana 6/12/08
• Seaweed farmers get better prices if united: Jica,
  Sun Star, Davao, Philippines 6/19/08
• Food co-operative plays matchmaker by linking local farmers with locavores,
  The Standard, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada 6/17/08
• Patience pays off with shared farmland,
  The Star, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6/18/08
• J&K milk co-op processing 25,000 litres milk daily,
  Kashmir Live, Jammu and Kashmir, India 6/18/08
• New Co-op slated for Hall Beach,
  Northern News Service, Hall Beach, Canada 6/16/08
• Venezuela: Recycling workers’ struggle for justice,
  Green Left, NSW, Australia 6/13/08
• Roo co-op plans for rural Qld,
  ABC News, Sydney, Australia 6/16/08
• Sweeter ride with co-op,
  Sun, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6/15/08
• Co-op winery shares classic approach,
  China View, Beijing, China 6/13/08
• Co-op problems not that bad, official says,
  Advocate, York, Ontario, Canada 6/14/08
• Co-op umbrella for sex workers,
  Times of India, Delhi, India 6/8/08
• SHC stays inquiry into coop society,
  Daily Times, Lahore, Pakistan 6/7/08
• Goodbye Wooldale Co-op duo,
  Daily Examiner, Huddersfield, United Kingdom 6/7/08
• RCMP asked to investigate Bouctouche Co-op,
  Times&Transcript, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 6/6/08
• National questions co-op kill,
  Daily Times, Otago, New Zealand 6/6/08
• Louth Co-op gets £1 miilion revamp,
  Leader, Louth, United Kingdom 6/5/08
• Co-ops flex retail clout,
  The Star Phoenix, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada 6/7/08
• Changes to Co-op Act ,
  The Nation, St. Michael, Barbados 5/27/08
• Kenya: Sugar Co-Op Account to Be Opened After Clearance,
  Business Daily, Nairobi, Kenya 5/27/08
• Kenya: Banks' Return to Rural Areas Sound Death Knells for Struggling Co-Ops,
  Business Daily, Nairobi, Kenya 6/2/08
• Electric co-ops will shut down, ERC chief warns ,
  Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 5/23/08
• EU grants 15 dryers to coco farmer-coops,
  Sun Star, Davao, Philippines 5/26/08
• The co-operative approach,
  Times Colonist, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 5/22/08
• Transforming coops to peoples movement under way,
  Sri Lanka News, Columbo, Sri Lanka 5/18/08
• German dairy strike could happen here say ICMSA Farm notes,
  The Guardian, Tipperary, Ireland 6/6/08
• Fonterra Eyes Up Dairy Farmers,
  redOrbit, 6/7//08
• Many factories seem to have become very aggressive in their dealings with farmers,
  The Independent, Cork, Ireland 5/27/08
• The St. Kitts Co-operative Credit Union celebrates its 25th Annual General Meeting,
  The Democrat, Basseterre, St. Kitts 6/7/08
• Rs 25 million for co-op movement in Jaffna,
  Daily News, Colombo, Sri Lanka 6/9/08
• India’s co-operative movement largest in the world: Fernandes,
  Thaindian News, Bangkok, Thailand 6/7/08
• Co-operative to fill Japan's GM free canola demand,
  Australian Broadcast Corporation, Sydney, Australia 6/3/08
• It Happened in the Bronx,
  Artsake, 5/30/08
• Fair trade a boon to small, poor producers ,
  Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 6/8/08
• Nevis Growers Cooperative receives donation from Canadian Fund for Local Initiative,
  SKNVibes, St. Kitts, West Indies 6/9/08
• Media house’s cooperative thrifts, credit society hits surplus,
  The Tide, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 6/9/08
• Brazilian Amazon Communities Make Money Saving the Rainforest,
  brazzil magazine, Los Angeles, California 6/9/08
• Iran suggests ICA to form intl. cooperatives trade promotion org.,
  Times, Tehran, Iran 6/11/08
• Some 156 farmers' cooperatives established in SNNP State,
  Walta Information Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 6/9/08
• Minister Russell encourages co-operatives to prepare for economic changes,
  Bahama Islands Info, Freeport, Bahamas 6/3/08
• Eco overhaul,
  Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 6/7/08
• Together to live better, yet still apart,
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 6/11/08,
• Owen Hembry: Fonterra licks lips over prime US stake,
  New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 6/9/08
• A thriving self-help enterprise,
  Manila Standard, Manila, Philippines 5/22/08
• Prendiville remains committed to Kenora operation,
  Miner& News, Kenora, Ontario, Canada 6/5/08
• Six options that make housing affordable,
  The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia 5/12/08
• 'Desperate' for cheaper housing,
  BBC News, London, United Kingdom 6/4/08