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23 May '13

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  • Mergers help farmers achieve $1bn income
    The largest co-op in the US is unknown to most Americans — but it is a critical element of the country’s economy. CHS Inc. is a farmer-owned co-op headquartered in...
United States What happened when co-operatives went to the White House?
On May 4th, for the first time in US history, the White House held a national briefing for the...
United States Film-Makers Cooperative celebrates independent cinema
The main purpose of the Film-Makers Cooperative is to provide an alternative to the mainstream...
United States Co-ops unite across the US to 'Fix the Future'
Leaders of local organisations including worker co-operatives, community banks, local business...
United States Anchor institutions could help to further co-operative development
A recent report by The Democracy Collaborative shows how anchor institutions can make a difference...

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Global NewsNew Research Compares Major Businesses in Fair Trade Coffee

Academics Daniel Jaffee and Philip Howard recently published insightful graphics and data to illustrate updated data on some top businesses by the amount of Fair Trade coffee purchased, and by the % of Fair Trade Coffee purchased. Some key points include: Out of the top 10 world coffee roasters, 4 purchased some Fair Trade in 2008: Starbucks (19.9 M lbs.), Tchibo (12.1 M lbs.), Nestle (4.4 M lbs.) and J.M. Smucker (3.3 M lbs.). Fair Trade made up 0.003% to 5% of each of those companies coffee ...

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Morning Star Editor Bill Benfield

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United KingdomHow members kept the presses running at Morning Star newspaper

The story of left-wing media in the UK is one of past glories like Reynolds News and the Daily Herald and more recent disasters such as the infamous News On Sunday in 1987.

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Global NewsExpanding and developing the amazing power of financial cooperatives

In a recent report to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development. The report, which illustrates the contributions of all cooperatives to the sustainable development of communities, also examines the impact of financial cooperatives worldwide. According to the report, cooperatives are present in all countries, an estimated 1 billion individuals are members of cooperatives worldwide, and ...

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FranceSpain and Belgium present their legislation on social economy in the French Parliament

Juan Antonio Pedreño, the President of the Spanish Confederation of Worker Cooperatives (COCETA), presented the Spanish law on social economy in the French Parliament last week in order to debate the approval of a similar law in France. The Belgium minister of Economic Affairs and Employment of the Walloon Region, Dimitri Coutiez, also participated in the event. They explained their legislative experiences and gave some ideas for the creation of a possible law on social economy in ...

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Global News2012 Blog Round-up

It has been a while since I've had time to write a post, so here is a round up of my favourites over the last year or so.  I will be in Africa for 3 weeks and will hopefully ...

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Global NewsThird Root Community Health Center: A worker-owned cooperative

Produced by Caroline Woolard, Cheyenna Weber, and Michael Johnson of SolidarityNYC.  Photographed by Alex Mallis.  Edited by Iva Radivojevich.  Music by Michael Rosen.  ...

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CanadaList of upcoming conferences

Diarmuid The 2012 International Year of Co-operatives seeks to inform the wider public, including academia and policy makers, of the nature, role and benefits of co-operative ...

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Global NewsRichmond, California recognizing worker-owned co-ops as a path out of poverty

Lee Romney writes in the  Los Angeles Times: Where a hot dog stand now is the main lunchtime option for city workers in this distressed Bay Area town, soon they'll be able to ...

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Global NewsCredit Unions Ask, ‘Now What?’ Answer: Invest in Cooperatives

Amy Johnson writes at Triple Pundit: The president and chief executive of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU), Fred R. Becker Jr., posed an important ...

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Global NewsCo-opoly

In Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives , players must collaborate to found and run a democratic business.   Co-opoly, a powerful resource for building democratic ...

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