| Departments | Contents |
| Editorial By Allen Gerber | BUILDING BETTER BORROWERS NCDF acts to bridge the gap between financial needs of small cooperatives and accountabilityneeds of cooperative lenders By Margaret Lund |
| Finance How a banker looks at financial leverage By Lee Estensen | NOTHING TASTES SO SWEET A look at vegetable production and marketing opportunities in the Northern Region Valley By Myron Just |
| Future Are we there yet? By William Nelson | TAKING THE PULSE OF AGRICULTURE Observations on the emerging world food system from European and American perspectives. Can cooperatives prosper? By Lee Egerstrom |
| Community Capturing the spirit By Mark Glaess | PUTTING THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW South Dakota farmers build soybean processing plant by communicating with potentialinvestors By Jonathan Fure |
| Interested in more information? | A Sampling of Cooperative Projects in the Upper Midwest |
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