domestic stories

• Jumping on the ‘biodiesel bandwagon’,
  Gazette, Gaithersburg, Maryland 3/20/08
• Co-Op harvests big profit in '07,
  Monroe News, Monroe, Michigan 3/14/08
• Electric co-op wants some help,
  The Chieftan, Pueblo, Colorado 3/13/08
• Willy Street Co-op pulls out of Metropolitan Place,
  Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin 3/26/08
• Peru women’s co-op’s success creates 'good problem',
  The Reporter, Marblehead, Massachusetts 3/26/08
• Perham Co-op notches record sales,
  Enterprise Bulletin, Perham, Minnesota 3/26/08
• Stone Lake co-op grows one member at a time,
  Sawyer County Record, Hayward, Wisconsin 3/26/08
• Co-op may occupy idle Country Markett site,
  State Journal, Lansing, Michigan 3/26/08
• Co-op joins quest for wind power,
  The Daily Times, Salisbury, Maryland 3/26/08
• Falcone new president of National Grape Co-op and chairman of Welch’s Board of Directors,
  The Observer, Dunkirk, New York 3/26/08
• Oil behind creation of food co-op,
  Telegram and Telegraph, Worcester, Massachusetts 3/25/08
• Food Co-Op Awarded $12K,
  Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia 3/26/08
• Iowa Farmer and Co-op Wound Up in Controversy,
  KIMT, Mason City, Iowa 3/24/08
• COOPERATIVE VENTURE: Nonprofit grocery strives to offer what's local, organic and good,
  Courier Press, Evansville, Indiana 3/26/08
• New Horizon Co-Op sale plan falls short on votes,
  KC Community News, Kansas City, Missouri 3/24/08
• Organic Valley Celebrates 20 Years of Progress Through Partnership 2007 Sales at $432.5 Million,
  PR Newswire, New York, New York 3/26/08
• Belfair Artist Co-op to Call it Quits,
  Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, Washington 3/23/08
• Art: Holland gallery functions as artists' co-op,
  Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan 3/23/08
• Pedernales co-op, lawmakers to face off today,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 3/27/08
• Directors of New Mexico rural co-ops reap benefits,
  Sun-News, Las Cruces, New Mexico 3/23/08
• Legislature can help open up co-ops,
  American-Statesman, Austin, Texas 3/22/08
• Bill to require electric co-ops to promote efficiency,
  Daily Press, Montrose, Colorado 3/22/08
• Cashing in on co-ops,
  Mother Earth News, 3/19/08
• Black farmers work to keep land with co-ops,
  USA Today, 3/9/08
• Group to market grain for area farmers,
  The Eagle, Wichita, Kansas 3/24/08
• Greeks Follow Co-Ops' Example on Sustainability,
  The Daily Californian, Berkeley, California 3/11/08
• CO-OPS YES! Youth Leadership Conference Scheduled in April,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 3/7/08
• FHCW Celebrating First Anniversary of Coop Health Plan,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 3/25/08
• For organic growers, defining 'local' is a challenge,
  Northumberland Today, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada 3/27/08
• NCBA’S Annual Conference to Focus on Cooperatives as the Better Business Model,
  eMailWire, 3/24/08
• Cooperatives Relevant in Global Economy,
  FoxBusiness, 2/27/08
• New healthy food co-op to open,
  Enquirer, New Milford, Connecticut 3/28/08
• Co-op Works to Keep Food Costs Down,
  KPWI, Pocatello, Idaho 3/27/08
• MS co-op effort gets professional help,
  MPNEWS.NET, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 3/27/08
• It was a good year for DFA,
  Brownfield, Jefferson City, Missouri 3/19/08
• Conference focuses on dairy,
  Tribune Chronicle, Warren, Ohio 2/28/08
• Consolidated Energy shares record distribution to owners,
  Star-Observer, Hudson, Wisconsin 3/28/08
• Organic Valley Forms Grower Pool,
  CSR Newswire, New York, New York 3/18/08
• American Crystal board approves cut in beet acreage,
  KXNet, Bismarck, North Dakota 3/28/08
• Housing co-op allows tenants to make a profit,
  Daily Trojan, Los Angeles, California 3/12/08
• Co-op gives artists a place to highlight their talents,
  Times-News, Cumberland, Maryland 3/16/08
• Co-op board kept pay going for 3 retired directors,
  Statesman, Austin, Texas 3/16/08
• Co-op meeting focuses on global thirst for energy,
  Gazette, Billings, Montana 3/19/08
• Peace Award to Muslim-Jewish-Christian Co-op and No. Calif. Coffee Company,
  The Earth Times, New York, New York 3/18/08
• Artists' Co-op to pay tribute to inspirational teacher,
  Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 3/2/08
• Valley co-op to launch membership campaign,
  The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania 3/1/08
• Co-llecting groceries,
  Badger Herald, Madison, Wisconsin 3/3/08
• United Co-op supports Farm Tech Days,
  WISC, Madison, Wisconsin 2/29/08
• Farm co-op gives $278,000 to members,
  Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Montana 2/29/08
• Black farmers work to keep land with co-ops,
  USA Today, 3/10/08
• Rural electric co-ops unveil new energy efficiency programs,
  ky3, Springfield, Missouri 3/10/08
• CO-OPS YES! Youth Leadership Conference Scheduled in April,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 3/7/08
• Cooperatives merge ,
  Barron News Shield, Barron, Wisconsin 3/7/08
• Consumers' Co-operative Refineries Moves Forward With $1.9 Billion Refinery Expansion in Canada, an Industrial Info News Alert,
  Marketwire, New York, New York 3/5/08
• Cabrillo's new hub: Bike cooperative coming to community college,
  Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California 3/10/08
• Fresh food to be cooperative effort ,
  The Express-Times, New Jersey 3/10/08
• Organic trend true for co-op sales,
  Produce Merchandising, Lincolnshire, Illinois 3/10/08
• 10 Reasons Why I Love Our Credit Union,
  SavingAdvice.com, 3/9/08
• Mount Holly eyes food co-op,
  The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina 3/10/08
• H-2-Whoa! Food Co-op to ban bottled water,
  The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, New York 3/8/08
• Food co-op project progresses in Troy ,
  The Times Union, Albany, New York 3/6/08
• Wykoff Regional Food Co-op members' support important to its success,
  The Chatfield News, Chatfield, Minnesota 3/11/08
• Inner Southeast’s People’s Food Co-op contributes to growing cooperative movement,
  The Bee, Portland, Oregon 3/5/08
• The New Orleans Food Co-Op hopes to opeb Louisiana's first cooperative grocery as a part of a new Bywater Healing center.,
  Best of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 3/11/08
• Small fishermen borrow a page from small farmers,
  Christian Science Monitor, 3/10/08
• Transforming community through food,
  Rutland Herald, Rutland, Vermont 3/9/08
• A natural choice,
  Courier, Waterloo, Iowa 3/9/08
• Bringing Natural Food to Bremerton: Group Envisions Starting Co-op,
  Kitsap Sun, Port Orchard, Washington 2/22/08
• Greeks Follow Co-Ops' Example on Sustainability,
  The Daily Californian, Berkeley, California 3/11/08
• Dairy co-op fills daily with Michigan's flavor,
  The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan 3/11/08
• Dairy exports rise to the top, giving farmers reason to smile,
  Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2/23/08
• Alto Dairy members approve asset sale,
  Reporter, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 2/28/08
• Dairy farmers request equity,
  Daily Times, Watertown, New York 3/9/08. 0
• 200 Jobs are Open at Ocean Spray in Wisconsin Rapids,
  WSAW, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 2/26/08
• Connell Grain gets $604,000 from CHS Inc.,
  Tri City Herald, Tri-Cities, Washington 2/28/08
• Sunkist Growers Celebrate Brand's 100 Years,
  Fox News, 2/20/08
• Land O'Lakes Sees 2007 as a Year of Performance and Progress,
  Fox Business, 2/27/08
• Organic Valley presents new opportunity to growers,
  AgriNews, Rochester, Minnesota 3/4/08
• American Crystal Board Member Wins Award,
  Dakota Farmer, Glyndon, Minnesota 3/6/08
• More dairies go raw,
  Globe, Boston, Massachusetts 2/23/08
• Stillwater food co-op has built community of shoppers,
  Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota 3/4/08
• Community co-op booming,
  Journal, Sturgis, South Dakota 3/3/08
• New Yahara River co-op draws crowd,
  Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin 3/2/08
• Co-op offers good food, a sense of community,
  Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona 2/28/08

international stories

• Uganda: Dairy Co-Op Reopens,
  New Vision, Kampala, Uganda 3/12/08
• Co-op's rules mean woman lost home when husband died,
  The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 3/15/08
• Organic, ethical produce from Athlone Food Co-Op,
  Advertiser, Athlone, Ireland 3/14/08
• CB music industry co-op formed,
  Business Journal, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 3/13/08
• 50 Year Ago: New Conway Co-op operating store,
  Nova News Now, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 3/25/08
• Record year for Shaunavon Co-op,
  The Standard, Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada 3/24/08
• hareholders to reap from Co-op Bank’s listing,
  Business Daily Africa, Nairobi, Kenya 3/25/08
• Co-op spends £8m on in-house EPOS for food stores,
  Crain's Manchester Business, Manchester, United Kingdom 3/24/08
• Co-ops get nod to directly import 15 basic commodities,
  Gulf News, Abu Dabi
• Some sugarcane co-ops likely to get five more years to pay off loans,
  Economic Times, Delhi, India 3/21/08
• Hughes aims to share his faith in success of the co-operative model,
  The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland 3/24/08
• Farmers urged to join co-ops,
  China Daily, Beijing, China 3/7/08
• Co-ops eye next generation,
  The Star Phoenix, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada 3/4/08
• Body sought to probe alleged anomalies in Davao power coop ,
  Philippines Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 3/19/08
• Help Negros’ coops, deposit in bank: Iggy,
  Daily Star, Visaya, Philippines 3/24/08
• COOPS under threat: Commission's decision might hurt 250 000 co-operatives,
  EurActiv, 3/12/08
• Editorial: Coops: A thousand Muhammad Yunus,
  Sun Star, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines 3/11/08
• Coops exempt from taxes,
  Sunday Observer, Colombo, Sri Lanka 3/2/08
• Victorian grain growers sow seeds for co-op,
  The Age, Melbourne, Australia 3/28/08
• GKN: Co-Operatives Lack Competitive Edge ,
  Brunei Direct, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 3/8/08
• Saving communities though sharing,
  The Guardian, London, United Kingdom 3/27/08
• Laying of sewerage pipes in co-operative societies,
  Daily Times, Lahore, Pakistan 3/24/08
• The first ecological neighbourhood in Quebec!,
  The Chronicle, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 3/27/08
• Dairy co-operative Agropur acquires Quebec dairy Laiterie Lamothe,
  The Canadian Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3/14/08
• Uganda: Dairy Co-Operatives Need Support,
  New Vision, Kampala, Uganda 2/28/08
• Agriculture: Backbone of Indian economy,
  Merinews, Satbir Singh Bedi, India 3/28/08
• Nigeria: 18 Cooperatives in Bayelsa Receive N6m Loans,
  Leadership, Abuja, Nigeria 3/25/08
• Women's farm cooperatives propel socio-economic empowerment in UP,
  The Economic Times, Delhi, India 3/8/08
• Saudi law targets cooperatives ,
  Trade Arabia, Bahrain, UAE 3/19/08
• Cooperatives, tools for poverty reduction program,
  Philippines Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 3/11/08
• Bike Co-op still rolling after 10 years,
  The Ubyssey, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 3/28/08
• Co-op banks cooperate for core banking,
  Business Standard, Delhi, India 3/19/08
• Co-op wine venture goes sour ,
  The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3/17/08
• Leadership and management issues in co-operatives ,
  Merinews, Gurgaon, India 3/18/08
• N.S. firm buys P.E.I. fishing co-op ,
  The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 3/19/08
• Dairy farmers urged to question Fonterra,
  Stuff.co.nz, Auckland, New Zealand 3/4/08
• Co-ops eye next generation,
  Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 3/4/08
• Co-op will be one of a kind,
  Leader, Canmore, Alberta, Canada 2/27/08
• Farmers urged to join co-ops,
  China Daily, Beijing, China 3/7/08
• 350 new Co-ops islandwide,
  Daily News, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2/26/08
• Housing co-operatives win seal of approval,
  Times, London, United Kingdom 2/22/08
• Small farmers find strength in numbers,
  The Star, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3/8/08
• New food co-op in Brynteg brings fresh fruit and veg to residents,
  Evening Leader, Wrexham, United Kingdom 2/26/08
• Editorial: Coops: A thousand Muhammad Yunus,
  Sun Star, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines 3/11/08
• UAE minister honours Union Co-operative's counter-inflation initiatives ,
  Business Intelligence Middle East, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 3/9/08
• Wine Merchants 'Co-operative Society to be inaugurated by April,
  Udayavani, Karnataka, India 3/11/08
• Loans given to co-operative farmers in Sirajganj,
  The Daily Star, Dakka, Bangladesh 3/6/08
• Flint hails resident involvement in co-operative housing,
  24dash, London, United Kingdom 3/4/08
• Adelaide heatwave threat to apple harvest,
  ABC Rural, Sydney, Australia 3/11/08
• Tacon, friend of the co-operative consumer,
  The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 2/20/08
• Uganda: Dairy Co-Operatives Need Support,
  New Vision, Kampala, Uganda 2/28/08
• Govt policy on co-operative movement flayed ,
  Navhind Times, Goa, India 3/10/08
• Women are good coop leaders – CDA,
  Philippines Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 3/11/08
• Cooperatives, tools for poverty reduction program,
  Philippines Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 3/11/08
• Teachers' coop to help teachers buy more for less,
  Philippines Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 3/11/08
• Fonterra Considers Alternatives to Share Sale, Dominion Says ,
  Bloomberg News, 3/11/08
• Women's farm cooperatives propel socio-economic empowerment in UP,
  Economic Times, Delhi, India 3/8/08
• Kirkudbright Creamery Workers To Lose Jobs,
  Daily Record, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom 3/10/08
• Kenya: Dairy Sector Struggles to Recover From Political Unrest,
  Business Daily, Nairobi, Kenya 3/9/08
• Unco-operative: Taking a stand,
  Stuff.com, Auckland, New Zealand 2/28/08
• Fonterra tells farmers to revisit capital structure options ,
  National Business Review, Auckland, New Zealand 3/10/08
• Quebec backs Gatineau dairy project,
  CountryGuide, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 3/7/08
• NZ Farming Systems Uruguay posts $8.6 million loss ,
  National Business Review, Auckland, New Zealand 2/24/08
• Rural co-op banks despair of recovery,
  sify, Chennai, India 3/4/08
• Mountain Equipment Co-op drops products with bisphenol A, waits for fed study ,
  Money Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3/4/08
• Orléans co-op celebrates 25th anniversary ,
  Star, Orleans, Quebec, Canada 3/3/08
• Welfare co-op creates jobs, rich life for elderly people ,
  Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan 3/1/08