domestic stories

Tap water is cheaper and better than bottled,
Citizen-Times, Ashville, North Carolina 5/27/08
Gas co-op started in North Adams,
WYNT, Albany, New York 5/23/08
Internet Food Co-op links rural Colorado with Front Range,
Journal Advocate, Sterling, Colorado 5/22/08
Co-op to dairy farmers: ‘Go out of business if need be’,
The River Reporter, Narrowsburg, New York 5/22/08
Parents share duties at co-op,
Press-Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa 5/21/08
Artists seeking home in Toms River,
Park Press, Asbury, New Jersey 5/26/08
Last 2 independent grocery co-ops to merge,
Sun-Times, Chicago, Illinois 5/29/08
State Parks Light Up ‘Green’ with Co-ops Gift,
WRDW, Augusta, Georgia 5/29/08
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation Selects Robert E. Geier, Jr., as Controller,
Business Wire, New York, New York 5/30/08
Lake Region Electric Cooperative of Hulbert accused of civil racketeering,
Phoenix, Muskogee, Oklahoma 5/29/08
Montpelier negotiating wireless takeover,
Times Argus, Montpelier, Vermont 6/1/08
It's official: Food Front will open in Hillsdale,
Community Connection, Portland, Oregon 5/30/08
Cooperative Boosts Member Returns for 2007 Cotton,
Carolina-Virginia Farmer, Wilson, North Carolina 5/27/08
Cooperative board moving forward on large NH recycling plant,
Globe, Boston, Massachusetts 5/21/08
Artists form new cooperative Sar.Z gallery ,
The Independent, Nantucket, Massachusetts 5/28/08
Fair Trade: Spreading the Wealth,
OneWorld.Net, Washington, DC 5/27/08
Raymond cooperatives are 'trailblazers',
Sea Coast, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 5/9/08
French Broad Food Co-op has lost sight of its original principles,
Mountain Express, Asheville, North Carolina 5/28/08
Flatbush Food Co-op gets a great new space,
Daily News, New York, New York 5/30/08
Crunch time: Momentum builds for a food co-op being conceived to nourish feeling of community,
Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6/1/08
Bob Shallit: Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op finances healthy again,
Bee, Sacramento, California 5/12/08
North Country food co-op seeks development grant,
Union Leader, Manchester, New Hampshire 5/6/08
Free-range ranchers starting to prosper in fast-food market,
Ventura County Star, Camarillo, California 6/1/08
Survey results will help group plan food co-op,
Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York 5/16/08
NCFC Expresses Disappointment in Veto of Farm Bill, Urges Congressional Override,
ThomasNet, Washington, DC 5/21/08
Co-op evolves from far-out to mainstream,
Register, Des Moines, Iowa 5/4/08
Dairy groups giving more to campaigns,
Daily Times, Watertown, New York 5/3/08
CHS Refinery Project Completion Increases Fuel Output by 20 Percent,
Stockhouse, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 5/27/08
NLRB rejects co-op workers’ claims,
Gazette, Jamaica Plain, New York 5/30/08
Land O'Lakes Reports Strong First-Quarter Results,
PR Newswire, New York, New York 5/13/08
Organic Valley Farmer-Owners Receive Outstanding Milk Quality Awards,
Wisconsin Agriculturist, Brandon, Wisconsin 5/14/08
Organic Valley brings co-op to commodities,
Sustainable Industries, 5/12/08
CoBank's ratings affirmed with stable outlook - Fitch,
Forbes, 5/31/08
Rejected resident, co-op will end suit,
Globe, Boston, Massachusetts 5/30/08
Lumber Co-op Adds Voice System,
Building Products, 5/27/08
Residents want co-op to continue,
The Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio 5/27/08
Co-op promotes good food, good prices, good deeds,
Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah 5/23/08
Organic produce a growing trend in Twin Cities,
The Packer, Lenexa, Kansas 5/27/08
At the Food Co-Op, the Politics of Tap Water,
Times, New York, New York 5/14/08
KC-based dairy co-op under investigation,
Star, Kansas City, Missouri 5/19/08
Dairy Farmers Co-Op faces price-manipulation probe: report,
Reuters, 5/19/08
Co-op caters to consumers who have a bone to pick with big retailers,
Chronicle, Houston, Texas 5/19/08
Productive year for Homewood Co-op,
The Valley Leader, Carmaan, Manitoba, Canada 5/2/08
Mikron’s Co-op pays dividends,
Daily Examiner, Huddersfield, United Kingdom 5/2/08
Co-op awards scholarships,
Daily Citizen, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 5/1/08
Co-op to build biomass processing plant,
Eagle, Wichita, Kansas 5/1/08
Valley co-op earns bakers' group kudos,
Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 5/1/08
US poultry Co-op builds feed storage unit,
AllAboutFeed.net, 5/1/08
Living Cooperatively: Madison residents save big in co-op housing,
WKOW, Madison, Wisconsin 5/1/08
Regional health co-op discussed,
Journal, River Falls, Wisconsin 4/30/08
Co-op cancels annual meeting,
El Defensor Chieftain, Soccoro, New Mexico 4/30/08
Plans for Tacoma food co-op continue to simmer,
The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington 4/30/08
Co-op a green option to all that plastic to-go,
News-Journal, Daytona Beach, Florida 4/30/08
Dairymen win $22.2M in fraud case,
Bee, Modesto, California 5/3/08
Highwood plant group pushes out Billings co-op,
Independent Record, Helena, Montana 4/29/08
United Co-op celebrates year of building,
Daily Citizen, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 5/3/08
Dottie's moves to Flat Street,
Reformer, Brattleboro, Vermont 5/2/08
Red River Valley potato growers co-op launched,
The Packer, Lenexa,Kansas 4/28/08
Co-op grocery taking shape in Alamance,
News-Record, Greensboro, North Carolina 4/27/08
Organic milk is pouring it on,
Sun, Baltimore, Maryland 5/3/08
Coop gorcery effort gains grant,
The Times News, Burlington, North Carolina 4/26/08
Hippie Co-op Turned Hip Gallery,
Your Hub, Denver, Colorado 4/14/08
Pedernales general manager Juan Garza defends proposed settlement,
Statesman, Austin, Texas 5/2/08
SF State digs idea of eco-friendly housing,
Golden Gate Press, San Francisco, California 5/1/08
UGA Center Helps Build Georgia Co-ops,
Lakefront Hartwell, Hartwell, Georgia 5/3/08
Co-ops buying wind power,
Trading Markets, Sherman Oaks, California 5/2/08
N.D. rural electric co-ops plan $2 billion upgrades,
Press, Dickinson, North Dakota 5/2/08
Dairy groups giving more to campaigns,
Daily Times, Watertown, New York 5/3/08
NCBA Announces plans to assist ACE Hardware owners to maintain its cooperative structure,
Email Wire, Washington, DC 4/29/08
ND rural electric cooperatives headed to Washington...,
kxnet.com, Bismarck, North Dakota
Organic food price crunch,
Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York 5/4/08
Students Join Chester Co-op,
The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 5/1/08
Dairy decline,
Forum, Fargo, North Dakota 4/27/08
USDA Rural Development to host value-added producer grant information,
High Plains Journal, Dodge City, Kansas 5/4/08
In city, 'walkability' is key,
Sun, Baltimore, Maryland 5/4/08
Artists co-op debuts in Stevensville,
The Capital, Annapolis, Maryland 5/19/08
Candidate in electric co-op board election files suit,
WZTV, Nashville, Tennessee 5/19/08
Can Co-ops Help Close the 'Grocery Gap'?,
Gotham Gazette, New York, New York 5/2008
Texas Hill Country telecom co-op plays in digital big leagues,
Business Journal, San Antonio, Texas 5/16/08
Food co-op gets solar panel grant,
The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan 5/18/08
Bottled Water Paradox: Banned, and Required,
Times, New York, New York 5/14/08
Free Trade Organic Product Basket from the Belfast Co-op,
Village Soup, Rockland, Maine 5/19/08
Survey results will help group plan food co-op,
Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York 5/16/08
Organic farm co-op a hit in Burlco,
Courier Post, New Jersey 5/15/08
Neighbors Pool Resources To Save On Oil,
WFSB, Hartford, Connecticut 5/19/08
Editorial: Co-op shows energy sense,
Pierce County Herald, Ellsworth, Wisconsin 5/15/08
High quality food at great prices is co-op's target,
Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah 5/8/08
Regulators Probe Whether Co-Ops Engaged In Milk Pricing Scheme,
Courant, Hartford, Connecticut 5/20/08
N.C. electric co-ops launch energy-efficiency group,
Business Journal, Charlotte, North Carolina 5/12/08
Rural co-ops prepare for Senate climate change battle,
Tribune, Great Falls, Montana 5/8/08
Cooperative Bankshares, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Dividend,
Business Wire, New York, New York 5/20/08
Regulators probing alleged milk price manipulation,
CNN Money, Atlanta, Georgia 5/19/08
Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative Deploys ADC's Next Generation Frame to Upgrade Fiber Network,
Business Wire, New York, New York 5/20/08
Yes, It’s a Cooperative. But for Whom?,
Times, New York, New York 5/18/08
Texas Hospitals Exploring Possibility of Forming Laundry Cooperative,
American Laundry News, 5/19/08
Cooperative to build distribution center in Kenosha,
Business Journal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 5/14/08
Kasten to Serve as Summer Intern for Family Dairies USA,
Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 5/20/08
South Side may get housing cooperative,
The Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio 5/17/08
Littleton group gets block grant for co-op project,
Union Leader, Manchester, New Hampshire 5/19/08
Community explores launching local food cooperative,
Straus News, Chester,New York 5/16/08
History of the dairy industry in Churchill County,
Lahontan Valley News, Fallon, Nevada 5/18/08
Wis. remains tops in cheese contest with Calif.,
Associated Press, New York, New York 5/12/08
Sweatin’ for Ocean Spray,
Globe, Boston, Massachusetts 5/16/08
CHS takes ownership of Provista,
Ethanol Producer, Grand Forks, North Dakota June 2008
Land O'Lakes earnings soar 16 percent,
Pioneer Press, St Paul, Minnesota 5/13/08
REI in Arcadia to install solar panels on roof,
Star-News, Pasadena, California 5/19/08
Pro-Fac Announces Third Fiscal Quarter 2008 Results,
Fox News, 5/9/08
Manure entrepreneurs to speak May 22 at MU,
Media Newswire, Columbia, Missouri 5/12/08
PRG gets into ‘out’ housing,
Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, Minnesota 5/14/08

international stories

Fonterra forecast tipped to rise again,
stuff.com, Wellingston, New Zealand 5/27/08
From co-op to social housing?,
Advocate, Georgina, Ontario, Canada 5/22/08
Established cab firms try to block newcomers,
Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba 5/27/08
SC formula to help scam-hit coops,
Business Standard, Delhi, India 5/25/08
Co-ops department formulates strategic plan,
Swazi Observer, Mbabane, Swaziland
Kenya: Raila Urges Cooperatives to Solicit Regional Funds,
The Nation, Nairobi, Kenya 5/30/08
Monique F. Leroux Makes a Plea for Entrepreneurship and the Cooperative Model,
CNW Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 5/30/08
Co-ops encouraged to diversify activities ,
Business 24/7, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 6/1/08
Co-operatives: Agents of rural transformation,
The Tide, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 6/1/08
It’s payback time for farmers in the Milk Link co-operative,
The Cumberland News, Carlisle, United Kingdom 5/30/08
PSIS - the not so co-operative co-operative?,
Scoop.com, Wellington, New Zealand 5/30/08
The lambra farmers' club in Hoshiarpur has given a new look to farming in Punjab.,
The Cheers, Estonia 5/31/08
Beekeeper abuzz over co-op for producers, consumers,
Nugget, North Bay, Ontario, Canada 5/31/08
Empower the marginalized through Co-operative agricultural villages ,
Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka 5/26/08
What impact did the creation of Local Health Care Co-operatives have on indicators of practice resources and activity?,
7th Space, United Kingdom 5/16/08
Corruption in Cooperatives: Rejoinder and our reply,
The New Nation, Dakha, Bangladesh 5/11/08
Cooperatives’ system losses drive up rates,
The Manila Times, Manila, Philippines 5/20/08
It must be true,
Get Bracknell, Bracknell, United Kingdom 5/30/08
Paraquay: Food Cooperative Helps Women Endure Inflation,
Trading Markets, 5/21/08
Land of milk and money,
The Southland Times, New Zealand 6/1/08
Greens' fears of old enemy colour views,
Stuff.com, Wellington, New Zealand 6/2/08
European co-ops leave UK rivals behind as merger creates £7bn giant,
Times, London, United Kingdom 5/10/08
Price probe could curdle Dairy Farmers of America,
The Australian, Sydney, Australia 5/20/08
Time for a Credit Union,
The Point, Banjul, The Gambia 5/30/08
Greens tell Fonterra to drop NZ prices,
The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 5/31/08
Fonterra in $300m deal after China trade agreement,
Stuff.com, Auckland, New Zealand 5/30/08
Co-op receives stay of execution,
York Region News, York, Ontario, Canada 5/31/08
Co-op Bank profit grows 53p.c ,
Nation, Nairobi, Kenya 5/28/08
Kenya: Sugar Co-Op Account to Be Opened After Clearance,
Business Daily, Nairobi, Kenya 5/26/08
Norwegian co-op bank buys stake in Russian bank,
Reuters, London, United Kingdom 5/23/08
Co-op rejects 'unethical' business,
The Press Association, 5/20/08
Defaulting teachers hinder progress Co-op Credit Union,
Ghana Broadcasting Company, Accra, Ghana 5/13/08
Co-op leads the way,
Evening News, Manchester, United Kingdom 5/13/08
Sugar mills look to exit co-op fold,
Economic Times, Delhi, India 5/12/08
Co-op leads way and puts community before profits,
Telegraph, Coventry, United Kingdom 5/19/08
Coop releases P1M to micro-business beneficiaries,
Sun Star, Pampanga, Philippines 5/18/08
PGG Wrightson in new wool co-op venture,
Stuff.com, Wellington, New Zealand 5/15/08
Credit goes to Harms for Co-op's sharp rise,
Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 5/13/08
Food Producers Unite Against Retail Domination,
Fresh Plaza, Duiven, The Netherlands 5/19/08
Co-op members share profits increase,
Eastern Daily Press, Norfolk, United Kingdom 5/16/08
Profits and 'divi' rise at the Co-op,
EADT24, Suffolk, United Kingdom 5/15/08
Rural power coops bring system losses down to reduce rates ,
Inqurer, Manila, Philippines 5/19/08
Transforming coops to peoples movement under way,
Sri Lanka News, Colombo, Sri Lanka 5/18/08
European co-ops leave UK rivals behind as merger creates £7bn giant,
Sunday Times, London, United Kingdom 5/10/08
Co-ops 'way forward' for economy,
BBC, London, United Kingdom 5/7/08
Tenants fight new threat: co-ops,
The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 5/7/08
Davao Oriental electric coop votes Electric Coop of 2008,
Philippine Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 5/15/08
Dutch dairy coop to use sustainable soy,
AllAboutFeed.net, Duiven, The Netherlands 5/8/08
Co-operative Bank boycotts funds over human rights,
Times, London, United Kingdom 5/21/08
Cooperative worms its way into profit ,
Inquirer, Manila, Philippines 5/17/08
Multinationals eye NSW dairy cooperative as takeover target,
The World Today, Ultimo , NSW, Australia
Gujarat cotton farmers to set up cooperative,
Business Standard, Delhi, India 5/14/08
Angola: Angolan and Brazilian cooperatives want to start producing fertiliser,
Macau Hub, Macau 5/20/08
Nigeria ministry registers 400 mining cooperatives,
Steel Guru, 5/21/08
Breather for co-operatives,
The Telegraph, Calcutta, India 5/13/08
Cameroon: Experts Assess Peasant Organisations' Capacity Building Programme,
Cameroon Tribune, Yaoundé, Cameroon 5/16/08
How this Country is Reviving Housing Cooperatives,
Trading Markets, 5/5/08
NZ farmers join grocery price bandwagon,
ABC Rural, Sydney, Australia 5/15/08
Saudi Arabia Turns to Co-ops to Fight Inflation,
asharq alawsat, London, United Kingdom 5/20/08
Cooperatives from Paraná double their sales to the Arabs,
ANBA, Brazil 5/20/08
So much money in markets, so little for farmers ,
Daily Nation, Nairobi, Kenya 5/18/08
Wal-Mart joins the dairy retail club,
Business Standard, Delhi, India 5/11/08
Dutch farmers ok Friesland, Campina dairy merger,
Reuters, London, United Kingdom 5/7/08
Live working or die fighting: How the working class went global,
WebDiary, Australia
Six options that make housing affordable,
The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 5/12/08
Taking the green plunge,
Bangkok Post, Bangkok, Thailand 5/20/08
Davao Oriental electric coop votes Electric Coop of 2008,
Philippines Information Agency, Manila, Philippines 5/15/08
Credit goes to Harms for Co-op's sharp rise,
Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 5/13/08
Fonterra makes next move in bid for Aussie co-op,
New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 5/13/08
Nabard to rope in RBI for rural co-op task force,
Business-Standard, Delhi, India 5/13/08
Co-op Celebrates Big Year,
Portage Online, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada 5/1/08
Co-op sales growth slows,
Northern News Service, Yellowknife, Canada 4/30/08
Productive year for Homewood Co-op,
The Valley Leader, Carmaan, Manitoba, Canada 5/2/08
Mikron’s Co-op pays dividends,
Daily Examiner, Huddersfield, United Kingdom 5/2/08
Co-op Celebrates Big Year,
Portage Online, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada 5/1/08
Co-op sales growth slows,
Northern News Service, Yellowknife, Canada 4/30/08
Last tanker of milk for Gisborne co-op,
The Standard, Gisborne, New Zealand 5/1/08
Councillors support bike lanes, car co-op,
The Record, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 4/30/08
Vic co-op plans on hold,
Stock & Land, Victoria, Australia 4/30/08
Dairy goods co-op saw €4.1m profit as 2007 demand soared,
Independent, Cork, Ireland 4/30/08
More fund-raising options for co-op banks,
Business Standard, Delhi, India 4/27/08
Co-op membership has privileges,
Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 4/29/08
Coops Told To Venture Into More Challenging Businesses,
Bernama, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 5/3/08
NTUC stretches its helping hands,
Today, Singapore 4/29/08
Form food co-ops for poor – SACP ,
Sowetan, Soweto, South Africa 4/29/08
NEA cuts lending interest for power coops,
Sun Star, Manila, Philippines 4/20/08
Capt. Kanwaljit stresses on corporate culture for cooperative organizations,
Punjab Newsline, Punjab, India 5/3/08
Nigeria: BG&L Boss Urges Cooperative Societies to Create Job,
Vanguard, Lagos, Nigeria 4/30/08
The co-operative system is the key to rural reconstruction and economic and social progress,
The Island, Sri Lanka 4/30/08
NFDC chairman, Puri promote ‘cooperatives’,
Screen, Delhi, India 5/2/08
IFFCO signs pact to develop co-operatives in Egypt,
Trading Markets, 4/23/08
Food club offers organic alternative,
Peace Country Sun, Grand Prairie, Alberta 5/2/08
Ocean Spray ITC sees sales soar in CEE,
Nutra Ingredients First, Montpellier, France 4/24/08
Arla increases investment in Argentina,
Food Navigator, Montpellier, France 4/28/08
Fonterra takes over 'jewel' in Chile,
New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 4/30/08
Fonterra looks to US for funds,
Stuff.com, Wellington, New Zealand 4/29/08
The billionaire coop at 38 ,
Sun Star, Cebu, Philippines 5/4/08

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