domestic stories

• Oregon Woodland Co-op hosts free marketing seminar,
  Oregon Live, Portland, Oregon 8/29/08
• Science of stink,
  Herald, Grand Fork, North Dakota 8/31/08
• PRC Approves Electric Co-Op's Variance ; Some Costs Adjusted Yearly, Not Monthly,
  redOrbit, Texas 8/28/08
• Community Food Co-op makes good use of donation,
  ksl.com, Salt Lake City, Utah 8/27/08
• Students Deal With Long Co-Op Waitlist,
  The Daily Californian, Berkeley, California 8/27/08
• Oak Park Heights approves coop,
  Courier, Stillwater, Minnesota 8/27/08
• Save Money By Starting A Fuel Oil Coop,
  The Consumerist, New York, New York 8/27/08
• Co-op may go rental,
  The Lincoln Journal, Concord, Massachusetts 8/27/08
• Co-op reveals ex-officials paid from old bank account,
  The Statesman, Austin, Texas 8/27/08
• A babysitting co-op,
  7online.com, New York, New York 8/26/08
• Food co-op opposes irradiated produce,
  WYNT, Albany, New York 8/26/08
• Meridian expecting organic co-op and deli by year's end,
  Statesman, Boise, Idaho 8/26/08
• Judge to Cobb EMC: Open up,
  Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia 8/26/08
• Cherry Hill joins purchasing co-op,
  Courier Post, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 8/26/08
• Wild Oats, other food co-ops participate in Eat Local America Challenge,
  The Advocate, North Adams, Massachusetts 8/28/08
• Government loans money to 20 rural utilities,
  MSN Money, 8/25/08
• Co-Ops are So Over, Co-Housing is the New Way to Live,
  Gothamist, New York, New York 8/15/08
• Moody's release on Arkansas Electric Coop Corp,
  Reuters, London, United Kingdom 8/5/08
• Art co-op hopes to draw artists, downtown activity ,
  Post, Kennebunkport, Maine 8/21/08
• Workers of the co-op unite!,
  The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, New York 8/19/08
• Controversy Arises Over Responsibility For Milk Hauling Charges,
  The Post-Journal, Jamestown, New York 8/17/08
• The First Cooperative Shipping and Courier Service,
  pr.com, 8/30/08,
• UC Berkeley police, FBI raid activist cooperative,
  Mercury News, San Jose, California 8/27/08
• NorthStar Cooperative Offering College Scholarship,
  Wisconsin Ag Connection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 8/29/08
• People's Cooperative agrees on terms to end decade-long dispute with RPU,
  Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minnesota 8/28/08
• Southern States has good news to report,
  Times-News, Cumberland, Maryland 8/29/08
• Heating oil cooperative is being explored for residents,
  The Pilot, Redding, Connecticut 8/28/08
• Gwinnett food co-op hopes to expand,
  Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia 8/17/08
• People's Food Co-op grows as local-food movement spreads,
  Gazette, Kalamazoo, Michigan 8/24/08
• Celebration of co-op model,
  Playback, New York, New York 8/12/08
• Dairy Farmers of America creates farm services division,
  Business Journal, Kansas City, Missouri 8/26/08
• Real California Milk: A real loss to local dairies,
  Lahontan Valley News, Fallon, Nevada 9/2/08
• Cranberry cooperative looks at the long haul,
  Globe, Boston, Massachusetts 8/17/08
• Health Care Reform and Social Movements in the United States,
  redOrbit, Texas 9/2/08
• Houstonian imports from Ugandan cooperatives,
  Chronicle, Houston, Texas 8/28/08
• An Interview With Bob Waldrop,
  Groovy Green, 8/25/08
• Re-growing co-ops,
  Observer, Fayetteville, North Carolina 8/29/08
• Health care debate may hinge on pooling in cooperatives,
  Reuters, 8/11/08
• A Free Marketing Seminar for Small Woodland Owners,
  Oregon Woodland Co-op, Banks, Oregon
• Sunkist realigns sales structure to expand business and service,
  Western Farm Press, Fresno, California 8/20/08
• American Crystal cuts sugar beet odor,
  Herald, Grand Forks, North Dakota 8/27/08

international stories

• Co-op Bank owners to remain ‘secret’,
  The Standard, Nairobi, Kenya 8/30/08
• When the Co-op really had it all,
  The Herald, Plymouth, United Kingdom 8/30/08
• Dacongcogon coop to meet tomorrow,
  Daily Star, Visayan, Philippines 8/28/08
• Co-op to pilot in-store supermarket banking,
  finextra, London, United Kingdom 8/27/08
• Co-op festivals aim at offering goods at lower prices,
  Arab Times, Kuwait City, Kuwait 8/6/08
• Union Co-op cuts prices of key items,
  Trade Arabia, Manama, Bahrain 8/26/08
• Rural loan scheme gives credit where due in NW China,
  China View, Beijing, China 8/26/08
• All's well for tuna gab, not so for upcoming coop summit,
  Sun Star, General Santos, Philippines 9/1/08
• Nat Foods to pay $910m for Dairy Farmers co-op,
  The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia 8/26/08
• Coop housing society members should have only 2 terms: SHC,
  Daily Times, Lahore, Pakistan 8/17/08
• Co-op reassurances over possible merger,
  Southern Reporter, Selkirk, United Kingdom 8/21/08
• Govt says ‘no’ to sale of co-operatives’ assets,
  Tanzania Standard News, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 8/26/08
• Cream on the top for Dairy Farmers Co-operative,
  Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia 9/2/08
• Agriculture: Co-operative farms as option,
  The Tide, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 8/31/08
• Oceanic MD seeks upgrade of cooperative societies,
  The Punch, Lagos, Nigeria 8/28/08
• Peace Baskets Bring Hope to Rwandan Women,
  IPS, Rome, Italy 8/31/08
• Owen Hembry: Timing of Alliance vote raises questions,
  New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 9/1/08
• 250 cooperative societies revived,
  New Vision, Kampala, Uganda 8/25/08
• Number of cooperatives in Iran hit 145,000,
  Iran News, Tehran, Iran 9/1/08
• Actions, not words, needed to deliver primary health care,
  The Canberra Times, Canberra, Australia 8/29/08
• Grant assists food co-operative,
  The Daily Observer, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada 8/28/08
• French co-operative Limagrain to complete its buyout of Advanta Seeds,
  Farmers Weekly, London, United Kingdom 8/28/08
• ‘Co-operative movement not new to Naga people’,
  The Morung Express, Dimapur, India 8/27/08
• Cooperatives in Argentina look to offer cable TV, mobile telephony to survive,
  Business News Americas, Santiago, Chile 9/1/08
• Co-op invests £1 million in Mablethorpe,
  Louth Leader, Louth, United Kingdom 9/2/08
• Action urged on 'dirty dairying',
  Stuff.com, Auckland, New Zealand 9/2/08
• Organic milk to be made here,
  Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8/12/08
• Indigenous credit union wins management award,
  ABC News, Sydney, Australia 8/30/08
• Dairy Farmers praises management for profit jump,
  New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand 9/2/08
• Lake Forest Co-op wants to have Youbou Lands business park, run marina, boat ramp,
  Gazette, Lake Cowichan, Ontario, Canada 9/1/08
• No easy fix for housing woes: experts,
  Times and Transcript, Moncton, Canada 8/28/08