Dave Gutknecht

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http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop

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612-436-9182

Dave Gutknecht has been editor of Cooperative Grocer magazine since its founding in 1985.

Author's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
Just Label It – We Have a Right to Know BY Dave Gutknecht The campaign to require labeling of foods produced with genetic engineering is more powerful than ever.	Endcap Articles	October 10, 2011
Planning for the International Year of Cooperatives BY Dave Gutknecht Cooperators in the U.S.	157 November - December - 2011	November 17, 2011
Co-ops and Public Figures Look to 2012 BY Dave Gutknecht Spreading inspiring co-op stories. Developing more co-ops to serve more people.	157 November - December - 2011	November 17, 2011
Reviving Democracy, Spreading Cooperatives BY Dave Gutknecht The Occupy movement in the U.S. (there also are international manifestations) is one of the more encouraging recent developments in the present political environment.	158 January - February - 2012	January 18, 2012
International Year of Cooperatives Launched— Get Your Story Out There BY Dave Gutknecht Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World." The International Year of Cooperatives is underway, after being officially launched in late October at the United Nations.	158 January - February - 2012	January 18, 2012
An Italian View of "Co-op: Made in USA" BY Dave Gutknecht A new publication presents a dossier on U.S. worker-owned and consumer co-ops in the U.S.	Endcap Articles	March 8, 2012
Fresh Foods, Fresh Questions BY Dave Gutknecht Growth in fresh food sales – and “fresh packaged” – is at the heart of recent comments from the Hartman Group, a leading analyst of the natural/organic grocery industry whose research has influenced m	Endcap Articles	March 25, 2012
Diverse Means, Common Ends BY Dave Gutknecht Alongside many new cooperatives that are springing up, established food co-ops continue to evolve and deepen their community roots.	159 March - April - 2012	April 9, 2012
Bill Gessner Joins Cooperative Hall of Fame BY Dave Gutknecht Many readers of this site will recognize Bill Gessner’s name from his many past contributions to food co-ops, both through Cooperative Grocer and directly at scores of co-ops where he has given bot	Endcap Articles	May 8, 2012
Canada's Impressive Co-operative Sector BY Dave Gutknecht Canada’s co-ops certainly are leaders in North American cooperative circles. One-third of all its citizens are members of one of Canada’s credit unions.	Endcap Articles	May 31, 2012
Go Co-op! Can We? BY Dave Gutknecht The International Year of Cooperatives continues to remind us that cooperatives are a global movement of great impact and even greater potential.	160 May - June - 2012	June 4, 2012
Follow the Farm Bill at sustainableagriculture.net BY Dave Gutknecht The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) continues to provide current and complete information on the Farm Bill as it moves through Congress:	Endcap Articles	July 14, 2012
Credit Unions Seek Senate Support BY Dave Gutknecht Urge your senators to listen to the credit unions -- the ones with the plan for helping small business and our nation's economic recovery.	Endcap Articles	July 20, 2012
"The Cooperative Turn" BY Dave Gutknecht A new article, subtitled "Building the right kind of autonomy," provides an excellent overview of what cooperatives can offer a world that is in economic crisis.	Endcap Articles	August 4, 2012
New Study on Impact of Food Co-ops BY Dave Gutknecht A fascinating and detailed look at the impact of food co-ops has just been released by the National Cooperative Grocers	Endcap Articles	August 6, 2012
Next Act: Network Merger BY Dave Gutknecht The year 2012 marks a new stage in the history of this magazine, one that will lead to improvements in web-based services for food co-ops.	161 July - August - 2012	August 7, 2012
Co-ops Meet in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection BY Dave Gutknecht The 2012 Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference on June 14–16 brought over 400 hundred cooperators to Philadelphia for speakers and training, friendship and celebration.	161 July - August - 2012	August 7, 2012
Food Co-ops and Natural Foods Retailers Raise the Bar on Hershey BY Dave Gutknecht Forty-one consumer food co-ops and natural foods retailers operating 62 stores released an open letter on Au	Endcap Articles	August 30, 2012
Fair Trade Fight Featured in the Nation BY Dave Gutknecht The U.S. fair trade world has been in a state of division for quite some time.	Endcap Articles	August 30, 2012
Organic Food is About Public Health BY Dave Gutknecht Reducing the significance of organic food to its “healthiness” is a bit like reducing politics to a matter of “truthiness.” The recent Stanford University study (September 4, Annals of Internal	Endcap Articles	September 7, 2012