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Fukushima Radiation Reaches U.S. Food Supply The devastating effects of the core fuel meltdown in at least three nuclear reactors at Japan’s Fukushima site are not limited to the immediate region – where many will suffer from its radiation,... |
02 Jun 2011 | • Endcap Articles |
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New Economy Gains Traction An excellent summary of organizations and ideas that are contributing to a new economy – based on cooperatives, wealth sharing, and conservation of resources – appears in both The Nation (June 13... |
31 May 2011 | • Endcap Articles |
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Congressional Cuts "Breathtaking" in Their Recklessness Here is the latest from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition from Washington (www.sustainableagriculture.net), and it's not pretty: |
25 May 2011 | • Endcap Articles |
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Co-operative Farms Acts to Protect Bees The Co-operative Group, the U.K. consumer cooperative featured elsewhere on this page and in the current issue of Cooperative Grocer, has launched an ambitious new drive to protect bees and other... |
25 May 2011 | • Endcap Articles |
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Understanding Financial Ratios This month we study a case example of how the ratios presented in Cooperative Grocer can be used to analyze a co-op's financial position and direction. We are grateful that Ocean... |
10 May 2011 | #074 January - February - 1998 |
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Wendell Berry: "Local Adaptation is Work for Everybody" Author Wendell Berry gave the following brief but profound observations at "The Future of Food," a conference sponsored by the Washington Post. (For recordings of this speech, plus... |
09 May 2011 | • Endcap Articles |
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The legend of Toyohiko Kagawa lives on The Co-op Food Store in Hanover, NH, held its third annual Co-op Expo on April 30, and was honored to present a lecture by author and cooperator David Thompson. Learn more and listen to the... |
06 May 2011 | • Endcap Articles |
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Cultivating Community Through School Gardens Community Mercantile (The Merc) in Lawrence, Kan., welcomed six new employees to its ranks in the spring of 2010—not at all unusual for our co-op of 130 employees—but these enthusiastic employees... |
27 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Power Triggers, Seesaw Battles and Handcar Cooperation Most would agree that a healthy board-general manager relationship not only makes the co-op run more smoothly, it is a critical connection between member-owners and operations in our... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Farming Cooperatively The largest single farmer in Britain is The Co-operative Farms, a subsidiary of The Co-operative Group. They farm 55,000 acres at 15 locations throughout England and Scotland. Of those acres, 20,... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Farm Tours in the Berkshires People in the Berkshires of Massachusetts love local food! They search for it at co-ops, farmers markets, CSAs and anywhere else they can find fresh food produced close to home. Many of them even... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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PCC Farmland Trust PCC Natural Markets in Seattle didn't plan to start a nonprofit in 1999. But one of its local farmers, Nash Huber, was facing development pressure in "Sunny Sequim," a rare sun-filled valley in... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Supporting Small Farms, Teaching Organic Agriculture Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Co-op began its partnerships with small organic farms in 1998 when it sponsored a farmer to attend The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at the... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Saving One Farm at a Time Like most food cooperatives, the Sacramento and Davis co-ops have longstanding and strong commitments to purchasing from and supporting local farms. And they realize that local farmland is under... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Partnering Locally for a Food-Secure World Food production and water are current issues for many regional planning commissioners who are awake, including ours in Jefferson County, Wash., where The Food Co-op is located. As the price of... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Location, Location, Location When selecting a natural food co-op store location, there are a number of characteristics that can add to, or detract from, the store's opportunity for success or failure. This article is the... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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The New Co-op Kids on the Block When Food Co-op 500 was founded in late 2004, it took its name from Marilyn Scholl's challenge to the co-op community to build our sector to 500 storefronts within the next 10 years. The new wave... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Food For Change Movie Needs Co-op Support More than 30 co-ops in 18 states have contributed to a unique film documentary about food co-ops, local economies, and food security. Food For Change is a work in progress that focuses on the role... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Reaching the College Crowd Like no other generation, Gen Y gets the green movement. They've grown up with terms such as going green, triple bottom line, sustainable, organic, local. And Gen Y (generally defined as those... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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New Study: A Manual for Multi-Stakeholder Cooperatives Food co-ops typically have hundreds or thousands of consumer owners. But there can be other stakeholders, and a number of food cooperatives, including both new and established businesses, share... |
25 Apr 2011 | • Endcap Articles |
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In a Food and Fuel Fix Local food projects highlighted in these pages are essential components of a future that in many ways will be much more constrained, requiring us to come closer to living within resource limits.... |
25 Apr 2011 | #154 May - June - 2011 |
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Poison Pesticides Undermine Organic Health New studies and a documentary reinforce a key organic message: pesticides are damaging to children and adults. Education and marketing are never-ending challenges. Organic food production... |
25 Apr 2011 | • Endcap Articles |
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More on New "Co-op" Laws Defending the brand and principles of cooperatives in light of new laws: Adding to recent contributions in Cooperative Grocer on new laws which allow a greater role for private investors in... |
24 Mar 2011 | • Endcap Articles |
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Precautions and Protections As cooperative directors, it's important that we know our jobs. Some parts of that job are personal to us: we bring interests, skills, and perspectives that make our contributions unique. It's our... |
17 Mar 2011 | #153 March - April - 2011 |
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Step by Step, Creating a Cooperative Economy From my vantage point, too many dollars flow out of cooperatively owned businesses into investor-held businesses, either in the form of purchases or investments. Is your cooperative... |
17 Mar 2011 | #153 March - April - 2011 |
