Dave Gutknecht
Dave Gutknecht has been editor of Cooperative Grocer magazine since its founding in 1985.
Author's Articles
Title | Issue | Date |
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Local food projects highlighted in these pages are essential components of a future that in many ways will be much more constrained, requiring us to come closer to living within resource limits. |
154 May - June - 2011 | April 25, 2011 |
New studies and a documentary reinforce a key organic message: pesticides are damaging to children and adults.
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Endcap Articles | April 25, 2011 |
Defending the brand and principles of cooperatives in light of new laws: |
Endcap Articles | March 24, 2011 |
Events are accelerating. Recently, discussing the early years of many of today's food co-ops, a friend remarked how much faster things seem to be occurring. |
153 March - April - 2011 | March 16, 2011 |
The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture is urging immediate pressure on U.S. Senators to prevent deep cuts to funding of programs for organic and sustainable farming and food production.
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Endcap Articles | March 4, 2011 |
Even if you missed recent key conferences on organics, you can get audio recordings of the many valuable speakers and workshop discussions.
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Endcap Articles | March 4, 2011 |
Creative proposals and inspiring stories illustrate ways to advance the cooperative agenda. |
152 January - February - 2011 | February 1, 2011 |
Updating the story on food safety legislation. |
Endcap Articles | January 5, 2011 |
Tom Philpot at Grist, www.grist.org, continues to contribute excellent reporting on food and pharm corporations.
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Endcap Articles | December 13, 2010 |
Securing adequate capital from members as well as external sources is a primary cooperative challenge. |
151 November - December 2010 | December 8, 2010 |
I remember learning balance sheet basics at some of my earliest co-op meetings. "A = L + C" was written for all to see, then explained again and again: Assets = Liabilities + Capital. |
151 November - December 2010 | December 8, 2010 |
[“Rootstock” Part 3: 2009, unpublished]
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Endcap Articles | November 20, 2010 |
[Originally published in "RootStock," Spring-Summer 2009] |
Endcap Articles | November 20, 2010 |
Animal response to fire typically is described as fear and flight. Yet I have noticed many times that the smell of seasoned oak in a wood-burning stove is so savory that it makes my mouth water. |
Endcap Articles | November 12, 2010 |
Adding to the earlier version of this story: National Sustainable Agriculture Committee has released a new report on food safety: “A Sustainable Agriculture Perspective on Food Safety.”
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Endcap Articles | October 25, 2010 |
[First published 2008 in Organic Valley's Rootstock.] |
Endcap Articles | October 7, 2010 |
While completing its 35th year of advancing cooperative enterprise, the Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) is extending loans at a record pace. |
150 September - October 2010 | October 5, 2010 |
The risk of salmonella poisoning at poultry operations with atrocious practices led to a massive egg recall totaling over 500 million eggs and reaching more than 22 states. It is driving consumers |
Endcap Articles | September 5, 2010 |
An noteworthy article by Anna Lappe, Three Pillars of a Food Revolution appeared recently in Yes! magazine. |
Endcap Articles | September 5, 2010 |
Here is a quote, from David Orr’s book Down to the Wire, which captures the scope of what we need to be doing to build the transition to a more resilient and possibly sustainable society: “Every increase in local capacity to grow food, generate energy, repair, |
Endcap Articles | September 5, 2010 |