153 March - April - 2011

Issue Number:

-153

Issue Months:

March-April

Issue Year:

2 011

Issue's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
Precautions and Protections BY Thane Joyal, Dave Swanson As cooperative directors, it's important that we know our jobs. Some parts of that job are personal to us: we bring interests, skills, and perspectives that make our contributions unique.	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Step by Step, Creating a Cooperative Economy BY Adam Schwartz From my vantage point, too many dollars flow out of cooperatively owned businesses into investor-held businesses, either in the form of purchases or investments.	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Teaching Kids: Food Education in America BY Julie Cross If you're reading this during store hours, chances are that someone at your co-op is teaching a kid about food right now.	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Food Movies Worth Watching BY Carol Spurling You and many of your co-op's members and customers have perhaps seen Food, Inc., King Corn, The Future of Food, and Supersize Me.	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Eat Local, America! BY Jeanne Lakso From Maine to Florida and Bozeman to Chico, approximately 40 co-ops around the country took part in the 2010 Eat Local, America! campaign to celebrate local food and local producers.	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Making Your Case BY Mark Mulcahy Have you had a good idea that you let percolate for a while, shaping and reshaping it in your mind?	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Defending Organic Against the GE Alfalfa Threat BY Robynn Shrader Members of the sustainable food movement are furious and, frankly, we have a right to be.	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Retail Organic Certification BY Susan Stewart Based on the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, the National Organic Program (NOP) was put into effect in October 2002.	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Supporting the Bowers Fund and Co-op Emergency Fund BY Ellen Quinn Thanks to food co-ops for your support of the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) Howard Bowers Fund in 2010! Education and training are essential for thriving co-ops, and the Bowers Fund giv	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Keeping Our Principles BY Dear Editor,	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
From the Mouths of Babes BY Ava Churchill	153 March - April - 2011	March 17, 2011
Flash Back, Flash Forward BY Dave Gutknecht 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