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Title	Issue	Date
Summary of 3 Food Myths BY Dave Gutknecht Myths get in the way of our ability to restore degraded soils that can feed the world using fewer chemicals.	Endcap Articles	May 5, 2017
Solar Power Plans at The Merc BY Dave Gutknecht The Lawrence, Kansas food co-op in mid-May announced its plans for summer 2017 construction of a major solar power installation—what will be the largest one in town.	Endcap Articles	May 16, 2017
PCC Natural Markets is Used to Amazon and Whole Foods BY Dave Gutknecht Cate Hardy, the CEO of the Seattle area's leading food co-op, PCC Natural Markets, comments in a recent newspaper report that they are already very familiar with competition from Whole Foods and Am	Endcap Articles	June 17, 2017
Annual Report Shows Healthy U.K. Co-ops BY Dave Gutknecht Ever want to know a bit more about co-ops in the United Kingdom? An annual summary of these co-ops is now available: http://bit.ly/2t2D0H3.	Endcap Articles	June 20, 2017
More Co-ops Vote for Unions BY Dave Gutknecht A summary of labor unions and food co-ops, with reference to the current situation at Seward Co-op, appears in the current issue of the Minneapolis neighborhood paper,	Endcap Articles	June 21, 2017
Lexington Co-op Opens Second Store BY Dave Gutknecht Lexington Co-op in Buffalo, N.Y. opened its second store on July 12, 2017.	Endcap Articles	July 12, 2017
Just Label It and the GMO Labeling Law BY Dave Gutknecht There is now opportunity to recommend how USDA should implement the 2016 law requiring a system for labeling GMO (genetically modifed organisms).	Endcap Articles	July 21, 2017
Bowers Fund Fall Grant Cycle BY Dave Gutknecht The fall grant cycle for the Howard Bowers Fund is here—U.S. food co-ops can now apply to receive leadership education and training scholarships for co-op boards of directors and co-op staff.	Endcap Articles	August 7, 2017
Domestic Fair Trade Conference Planned BY Dave Gutknecht Save the dates—December 14-16, 2017.	Endcap Articles	August 18, 2017
Rosemary Mahoney Honored for Cooperative Service: BY Alison Powers From the United States to Communist Eastern Europe to West Africa, few people have made more of an impact in fostering the cooperative movement on a global scale than Rosemary Mahoney.	Endcap Articles	February 18, 2018
Sugar Beet: Startup Co-op of the Year BY Dave Gutknecht Sugar Beet Co-op (www.sugarbeet.coop) in Oak Park, Illinois, was presented the Startup of the Year award from Foo	Endcap Articles	June 14, 2018
Dubuque Food Co-op Closing BY external news source After two and a half years, the Dubuque Food Co-op has announced it will close.	Endcap Articles	January 16, 2017
Investment Clubs Can Boost Co-op Base BY Dave Gutknecht Investment clubs have been pooling the resources and magnifying the financial impact of their members for a long time—and the potential of that model for cooperative development is getting more att	Endcap Articles	December 21, 2016
Updating "Who Owns Organic" BY The newest (2016) version of a very informative chart, “Who Owns Organics,” has been made available by its author, Dr.	Endcap Articles	February 5, 2016
Cuba's Food Innovations BY Cuba’s ongoing advances in both urban agriculture and cooperative formation are now more open to visitors and shared knowledge.	Endcap Articles	April 20, 2016
Cuba's Food Innovations BY Cuba’s ongoing advances in both urban agriculture and cooperative formation are now more open to visitors and shared knowledge.	Endcap Articles	April 20, 2016
Fair Pricing at Seward Co-op BY Sean Doyle “A farm is virtually a living organism. The tragedy of our time is that cultural philosophies and market realities are squeezing life’s vitality out of most farms.” ― Joel Salatin	Endcap Articles	April 22, 2016
New Labels to Reveal Added Sugars BY Dave Gutknecht The Food and Drug Administration just announced new food label requirements that will for the first time show the “added sugars” found in the majority of all grocery items—including those at natura	Endcap Articles	May 22, 2016
Small Town Grocers Disappearing BY Dave Gutknecht Small towns face formidable challenges in retaining grocery stores, and their communities suffer and decline when the last local food store closes.Yet replacing unprofitable small stores with a co-	Endcap Articles	May 31, 2016
North Dakota Again Rejects Corporate Farming BY Dave Gutknecht Hurrah for North Dakota voters, who on June 14 voted in a statewide referendum on the issue of whether non-family corporations could buy up farmland in their state.	Endcap Articles	June 18, 2016