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    Title Issue Date
    In a Food and Fuel Fix
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    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.

    		 154 May - June - 2011 April 25, 2011
    Poison Pesticides Undermine Organic Health
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    New studies and a documentary reinforce a key organic message: pesticides are damaging to children and adults.
    		Endcap Articles April 25, 2011
    More on New "Co-op" Laws
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Defending the brand and principles of cooperatives in light of new laws:

    		 Endcap Articles March 24, 2011
    Precautions and Protections
    BY Thane Joyal, Dave Swanson

    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.

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Step by Step, Creating a Cooperative Economy
    BY Adam Schwartz

    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.

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Teaching Kids: Food Education in America
    BY Julie Cross

    If you're reading this during store hours, chances are that someone at your co-op is teaching a kid about food right now.

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Food Movies Worth Watching
    BY Carol Spurling

    You and many of your co-op's members and ­customers have perhaps seen Food, Inc., King Corn, The Future of Food, and Supersize Me.

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Eat Local, America!
    BY Jeanne Lakso

    From Maine to Florida and Bozeman to Chico, approximately 40 co-ops around the country took part in the 2010 Eat Local, America! campaign to celebrate local food and local producers.

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Making Your Case
    BY Mark Mulcahy

    Have you had a good idea that you let percolate for a while, shaping and reshaping it in your mind?

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Defending Organic Against the GE Alfalfa Threat
    BY Robynn Shrader

    Members of the sustainable food movement are furious and, frankly, we have a right to be.

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Retail Organic Certification
    BY Susan Stewart
    Based on the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, the National Organic Program (NOP) was put into effect in October 2002.
    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Supporting the Bowers Fund and Co-op Emergency Fund
    BY Ellen Quinn

    Thanks to food co-ops for your support of the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) Howard Bowers Fund in 2010!  Education and training are essential for thriving co-ops, and the Bowers Fund giv

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Keeping Our Principles
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    Dear Editor,

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    From the Mouths of Babes
    BY Ava Churchill

     

     

     

     

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 17, 2011
    Flash Back, Flash Forward
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Events are accelerating. Recently, discussing the early years of many of today's food co-ops, a friend remarked how much faster things seem to be occurring.

    		 153 March - April - 2011 March 16, 2011
    Senate Considers Deep Cuts to Organic and Sustainable Ag
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture is urging immediate pressure on U.S. Senators to prevent deep cuts to funding of programs for organic and sustainable farming and food production.
    		Endcap Articles March 4, 2011
    Excellent Resources from Organic Conferences
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    Even if you missed recent key conferences on organics, you can get audio recordings of the many valuable speakers and workshop discussions.
    		Endcap Articles March 4, 2011
    LEADer Spring 2011 Issue 11
    BY Martha Whitman, Paige Lettington, Lucinda Berdon, Marcia Shaw, Cindy Owings
    		 LEADer Board Newsletter March 1, 2011
    Questioning At-Will Employment
    BY Carolee Colter

    In the previous edition of this magazine (CG #151, November–December 2010) we read about the progress of the Domestic Fair Trade Association in establishing principles for domestic fair trade.

    		 152 January - February - 2011 February 3, 2011
    Two Faces of Customer Service
    BY Mari Roseman

    Mike dropped by the co-op to grab a sandwich for a quick lunch. He brought his purchase to the checkout counter, relieved to see the cashier had nearly finished with the customer ahead of him.

    		 152 January - February - 2011 February 3, 2011