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Post date: May 17, 2013

Rebecca Dunn Inducted to Cooperative Hall of Fame

Congratulations to Rebecca Dunn, who was inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame on May 8. Dunn, the executive director of the Cooperative Fund of New England for the past 27 years, was...

Post date: May 15, 2013

Organic Valley Headquarters Closed by Fire

On May 14, a fire badly damaged the headquarters of Organic Valley in La Farge, Wisconsin. No one was injured, according to LaCrosse news station WXOW.com:...

Post date: May 13, 2013

Looking at Energy Use in the Food System

These days we’re all learning about our energy supply, whether or not we have expected those lessons, and that includes advocates for a healthier food supply. For a broad overview of...

Post date: May 13, 2013

Looking at Energy Use in the Food System

These days, we’re all learning about our energy supply, whether we expected to or not -- and that includes advocates of a healthier food supply.

Here is a link to the Post-...

Post date: May 02, 2013

Visioning a Better Future of Business

Advocates of cooperatives need allies with compatible visions of social change – including, most challengingly, visions that assume limits to growth and capital. The search for more...

Post date: Apr 08, 2013

A Credible Alternative to the Current Economic System

A TED presentation in the U.K. by Shane Hughes, titled “The Unstoppable Rise of a Collaborative Economy,” argued for the combination of a cooperative economy, a collaborative economy,...

Post date: Mar 21, 2013

Isla Vista Food Co-op Purchases Its Home

Through a grassroots funding campaign, along with lender support from NCB (National Co-op Bank) and NCDF (Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund), the Isla Vista Food Co-op has recently been...

Post date: Mar 17, 2013

Blueprint for a Cooperative Decade

The International Cooperative Alliance has produced an impressive document that follows upon the International Year of Cooperatives. Follow this link,...

Post date: Mar 11, 2013

Building the GMO Labeling Campaign

The growing demand for labeling that identifies genetically modified ingredients (GMOs) lost the California referendum but will be on the ballot later this year in the state of Washington. ...

Post date: Feb 16, 2013