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Local and regional food systems, organics, healthy food access, and rural development all received improved funding under the new farm bill as well as suffered from missed opportunities in the very

Endcap Articles February 14, 2014
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A valuable discussion by members of GEO (Grassroots Economic Organizing) and readers of its website examines why a key company comprising part of the world’s strongest worker-owned complex in Mondr

Endcap Articles January 27, 2014

The Co-op Natural Foods Store in Sioux Falls suffered a devasting fire early on Sunday.

Endcap Articles January 20, 2014
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Congress is being asked to “fast-track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would prevent many of its outrageous provisions, designed by and for multinational corporations, from getting the debate

Endcap Articles January 16, 2014
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Two sources of excellent examples and thoughtful questions about cooperatives and their potential:  John Restakis, author of Humanizing the Economy: Cooperatives in the Age of Capital and

Endcap Articles January 13, 2014
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An excellent report and overview appeared in a recent issue of Dollars and Sense and may be found on its website:  htt

Endcap Articles December 20, 2013
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The 19th century cooperative movement also originated the cooperative land trust.  Both are part of longstanding campaigns to preserve the commons and the commonwealth against private concentration

Endcap Articles December 4, 2013
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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
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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
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Although the final count is not in, here’s an initial report – http://grist.org/food/washington-gmo-labeling-initiativ

Endcap Articles November 6, 2013
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A key National Organic Standards Board meeting and discussions scheduled for October 17 have been cancelled.  Meanwhile, the USDA-controlled National Organic Program is making another attempt to un

Endcap Articles October 15, 2013
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The Democracy Collaborative continues to issue valuable summaries of current efforts to build economic institutions and policies that will serve communities in a democratic manner.  Gar Alperovitz

Endcap Articles September 25, 2013
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The National Organic Coalition is urging supporters of organics to demand that crucial funds for organic programs be included in any Farm Bill action this year:  see

Endcap Articles September 12, 2013
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Set against the backdrop of turmoil in America’s food system, Drift, a thriller about GMOs (genetically modified organisms), has been written by Jon McGoran, a longtime Weavers Way Co-op c

Endcap Articles August 26, 2013
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A new publication provides a very informative look at converting an existing store to a community-based cooperative.  Locate this free pdf at:

Endcap Articles August 9, 2013
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What do the following have in common?  Real Pickles, a new worker cooperative in Massachusetts; Arroyo Food Co-op, a startup in Pasadena, Cal.; and People’s Community Market in Oakland; also Ben &a

Endcap Articles August 2, 2013
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An excellent and lengthy essay, Can Union Cooperatives Save Democracy? has just been posted by John Clay at his

Endcap Articles July 12, 2013
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An excellent listing of 15 websites that focus on the food system and its environmental impacts is available from foodtank.org, a nonprofit dedicated to improving those impacts: 

Endcap Articles June 25, 2013
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In late May the USDA announced that unapproved genetically modified (GMO) wheat has been discovered in a field in Oregon, which is a major wheat exporter – yet no GMO wheat has been approved for tr

Endcap Articles May 30, 2013
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If cooperatives are an essential component of a fair economy, public ownership has an even bigger role.  Think essential infrastructure and services:  roads, water and other utilities, emergency re

Endcap Articles May 23, 2013