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The status of women in India has been subjected to intense media glare over the past few years, and the safety of travel in India for women has been questioned. But one region has certainly made the empowerment of women a main focus. Ladakh is considered a particularly safe part of India for female travelers. And... Read more >
Nearly 2,000 young people spent a week in the nation’s capital celebrating service and citizenship while learning about the cooperative difference during NRECA’s 51st annual Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. This is another wonderful example of cooperatives' concern for community.
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Unique partnership between Conseil du Café-Cacoa, Cargill, CARE and farmer cooperatives is delivering improved education and healthcare in 14 communities.
11 new schools will teach over 1,650 children and 3 new centers will improve access to healthcare for 25,000 people.
Program to extend to build facilities in an additional 10 cocoa communities.
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Farmers markets are gearing up again this summer, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food program, or KYF2, can help consumers and producers learn more about them.The program — designed to promote locally produced food — has information and advice involving farmers markets from several USDA agencies.
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The European Commission recently published the report of the cooperative working group ‘Fostering cooperatives’ potential to generate smart growth & jobs” with first concrete recommendations for EU policymakers on its website.
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Roundy's CEO Bob Mariano spoke on Tuesday in the United Fresh opening session in Chicago. He stated “Millennials reject the idea that eating healthy has to be boring,” he said. “They want to enjoy eating healthy.” Millennials have unprecedented knowledge about health, and the importance of good nutrition. Millennials also place more importance on organic than boomers. Likewise, local foods... Read more >
As many of us watch or participate in the movement to improve the lives of service workers through raising the minimum wage, another, more radical story is being told on the margins: the story of worker-owned cooperatives, which have the potential to change the way we work.
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As many of us watch or participate in the movement to improve the lives of service workers through raising the minimum wage, another, more radical story is being told on the margins: the story of worker-owned cooperatives, which have the potential to change the way we work.
Read more about how woker co-ops can are are enhancing our economy at ... Read more >
A new study from University of California Davis finds that up to 90% of the US population could be fed a standard American diet consisting only of food grown and raised within 100 miles. Local food systems can have a number of positive impacts, including cutting the greenhouse gas emissions from transporting food long distances—especially when the foods are refrigerated or frozen—and... Read more >
Consumers who want to avoid genetically modified foods will benefit, according to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, from a new voluntary federal program via which companies can certify their foods are free from genetically-modified ingredients.
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