David Thompson
David Thompson is the author of Weavers of Dreams, co-author of Cooperation Works and Cooperative Business in the USA and President of Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation.
Author's Articles
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The Cooperative Community Fund program is sponsored by Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (TPCF), which created the first Cooperative Community Fund in 19 |
June 28, 2018 | |
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What was the largest consumer cooperative in the world, the U.K. Co-operative Group, has lately been in trouble, and things look bleak for its offshoot bank. |
183 Mar-Apr 2016 | March 28, 2016 |
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There is much to be thankful for in the world of food cooperatives. |
182 January-February 2016 | February 5, 2016 |
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Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (TPCF), founded in late 1964, is in its 50th year. TPCF sponsors the locally directed Cooperative Community Fund (CCF) program. |
173 July - August 2014 | August 25, 2014 |
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It was a small cooperative store on a little-known island off the coast of South Carolina. |
170 January - February 2014 | February 6, 2014 |
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When the president of the United Nations General Assembly invited Dame Pauline Green to come to the iconic green marble podium, a billion proud cooperators walked with her. |
158 January - February - 2012 | January 18, 2012 |
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The largest single farmer in Britain is The Co-operative Farms, a subsidiary of The Co-operative Group. They farm 55,000 acres at 15 locations throughout England and Scotland. |
154 May - June - 2011 | April 25, 2011 |
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The COOP group of retailers in Italy is the largest and fastest growing co-op sector in Europe. For U.S. |
121 November - December - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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The face of Britain’s consumer cooperatives has changed dramatically over the past decade. A once shrinking sector is on the move. |
127 November - December - 2006 | January 20, 2009 |
| 140 January - February - 2009 | January 18, 2009 | |
| 138 September - October - 2008 | December 27, 2008 | |
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Of the “cooperative commonwealths” in the world there is none so prevalent in a nation’s daily life as the cooperatives of Japan. |
135 March - April - 2008 | April 22, 2008 |
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A new millennium started when the clock struck midnight in Greenwich, England on December 31, 1999. |
115 November - December - 2004 | February 11, 2005 |
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For the coming year we have high hopes for the growth of the Cooperative Community Fund program. Looking ahead, here are the results that we anticipate: |
114 September - October - 2004 | October 21, 2004 |
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The Davis Food Co-op is having the best year in its 17 year history. |
022 April - June - 1989 | January 9, 2004 |
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When Cesar Chavez died on April 23, 1993 the cooperative movement lost one of its great believers. |
047 July - August - 1993 | January 9, 2004 |
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The Davis Food Co-op capital plan is one that has developed step by step over the past eight years. It is not perfect, and were we starting from scratch might not be today's choice. |
048 September - October - 1993 | January 9, 2004 |
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The co-op on Toad Lane was legally registered as the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers on October 24,1844, hence our reason for celebrating Co-op Month in October. |
053 July - August - 1994 | January 9, 2004 |
By David ThompsonWhat if an article in Cooperative Grocer a decade from now began with the following? |
089 July - August - 2000 | January 8, 2004 |
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"If we are not economically efficient we cannot be socially effective." |
097 November - December - 2001 | January 8, 2004 |