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Title	Issue	Date
Deadline for FMSA Comments Extended to November 22 BY The Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA) threatens many small producers with food safety requirements more appropriate for much larger processors. The deadline for comments has been extended to Fr	Endcap Articles	November 7, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
A Credible Alternative to the Current Economic System BY A TED presentation in the U.K.	Endcap Articles	April 8, 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
Robynn Shrader: New Head of Consumer Cooperatives Worldwide BY The National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) has announced that its chief executive officer, Robynn Shrader, has been elected president of Consumer Cooperatives Worldwide (CCW), a sectoral o	Endcap Articles	November 22, 2013