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"Food for Change" Documentary Nears Completion BY A new feature film on co-op history and today’s food co-ops is nearing completion. With some 35 co-ops already contributing support for production of “Food for Change” and about 80 percent of the	Endcap Articles	May 23, 2013
Rebecca Dunn Inducted to Cooperative Hall of Fame BY 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 honored	Endcap Articles	May 17, 2013
Organic Valley Headquarters Closed by Fire BY Updates at bottom: 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:	Endcap Articles	May 15, 2013
Looking at Energy Use in the Food System BY 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.	Endcap Articles	May 13, 2013
Looking at Energy Use in the Food System BY 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 the food syst	Endcap Articles	May 13, 2013
Visioning a Better Future of Business BY Advocates of cooperatives need allies with compatible visions of social change – including, most challengingly, visions that assume limits to growth and capital.	Endcap Articles	May 2, 2013
A Credible Alternative to the Current Economic System BY A TED presentation in the U.K.	Endcap Articles	April 8, 2013
Isla Vista Food Co-op Purchases Its Home BY 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 abl	Endcap Articles	March 21, 2013
Blueprint for a Cooperative Decade BY The International Cooperative Alliance has produced an impressive document that follows upon the International Year of Cooperatives. Follow this link,	Endcap Articles	March 17, 2013
Building the GMO Labeling Campaign BY 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. Whole F	Endcap Articles	March 11, 2013
"Seed Giants vs. U.S. Farmers" Published BY In mid-February a major new study was released by the Center for Food Safety and Save Our Seeds. Available for free download at http://www.centerforfoo	Endcap Articles	February 16, 2013
Survey of Co-op Potential in "Yes" Magazine BY "A Cooperative Economy" is the theme of "Yes!" magazine's spring 2013 issue: http://www.yesmagazine.org -- covering such examples as worker ownership, food	Endcap Articles	February 11, 2013
National Co-op Development Act Proposed BY The National Cooperative Development Act of 2011 needs the support of the public and members of Congress – see http://www.campaign.coop/. The bill promotes	Endcap Articles	February 6, 2013
Terrible Fix, Farm Bill in "Uncharted Territory" BY The nine-month “fix” in the farm bill is worse than nothing. With the last-minute approval of this compromise, largely without debate, we lost relatively inexpensive yet essential support for orga	Endcap Articles	January 21, 2013
My Co-op Rocks! Winners Available BY Now available for online viewing are winners of an annual contest sponsored by several leading cooperatives that generates imaginative tributes to cooperat	Endcap Articles	December 27, 2012
Resources from International Co-op Summits BY Cooperators everywhere can view online presentations and research delivered at major international cooperative meetings held in late 2012.	Endcap Articles	December 25, 2012
Accounting Best Practices Primer BY Bruce Mayer, Peg Nolan, Steve Wolfe Accounting Best Practices for Food Co-ops: A Primer is now available, an excellent and concise (14-page) summary in four sections: balance sheet, income statement, internal control, and c	Endcap Articles	November 15, 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
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
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