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Title	Issue	Date
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
"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
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
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
Cooperative Grocer Magazine transferred to CGIN BY Dan Nordley To the delight of the almost seventy people attending the Cooperative Grocers’ Information Network annual meeting at CCMA in Philadelphia in June 2012, it was ann	Endcap Articles	June 20, 2012
Cooperative Ownership Gaining Attention BY The flowering of new worker-owned cooperatives and other innovative forms of economic democracy is slowly gaining more attention in various cities and through diverse media channels.	Endcap Articles	May 31, 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
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
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
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
America Beyond Capitalism BY In a recent article in "Dollars and Sense," Gar Alperovitz presents cooperative enterprise, especially worker-owned co-ops, along with other methods of democratizing capital -- an essential direction	Endcap Articles	January 9, 2012
IYC Message from Pauline Green BY Pauline Green, president of the International Cooperative Alliance, in early January released a message about the International Year of Cooperatives.	Endcap Articles	January 8, 2012
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
Small Farms Create More Jobs BY Dave Gutknecht Gene Logsdon is a wise and delightful writer on food and farming.	Endcap Articles	September 14, 2011
Social Justice and New Food Co-ops BY Dave Gutknecht Jobs and access to food are urgent needs in many communities.	Endcap Articles	August 18, 2011
Meat and Dairy Illustrate Resource Limits: EWG Report BY Dave Gutknecht Even as co-ops and other local food providers promote meat and dairy from pastured livestock, these advocates are confronted with drawbacks to a diet centered on those resource-intensive foods.	Endcap Articles	July 19, 2011
E. Coli: The problem is industrial livestock BY Dave Gutknecht Don’t blame the sprouts. The E. coli strain causing death and illness in Germany, and other strains, originate in livestock and typically are spread through improper handling of manure.	Endcap Articles	June 8, 2011
Fukushima Radiation Reaches U.S. Food Supply BY Dave Gutknecht 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, and	Endcap Articles	June 2, 2011
New Economy Gains Traction BY 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, 201	Endcap Articles	May 31, 2011
Congressional Cuts "Breathtaking" in Their Recklessness BY Here is the latest from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition from Washington (www.sustainableagriculture.net), and it's not pretty:	Endcap Articles	May 25, 2011