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Co-ops Work to Build a Sustainable Economy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged co-operatives, Principle Six on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fair Trade, Food Sovereignty and the Food Crisis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, Alternative Trade Organizations, co-operatives, Fair Trade, food crisis, food sovereignty, small farmers on December 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As the year 2008 comes to a close, the world must cope with a recent assertion made by the Food and Agriculture Organization that “one billion people will go hungry around the globe next year for the first time in human history…” This shameful scenario was presented in the December 28th issue of The Independent: [...]
If Big is Bad, and Small is Better, What’s the Right Scale Needed to Foment Democracy and Increase Impact?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged co-operatives, economic democracy, Fair Trade, small farmers on September 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Once again, I’d like to thank all of you for your thought-provoking comments to Nick’s post, “Co-operatives: The Democracies of our Economy?” Many interesting issues were raised relating to the current financial meltdown and the roles and responsibilities of corporations and governments. Another common theme that many of you discussed was the question of the size [...]
Co-operatives: The Democracies of our Economy?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged co-operatives, economic democracy, economic prosperity, political democracy, trade agreements on September 16, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Most of us can agree that political democracies, based on equality and individual freedoms, are the best systems of government in the world today. We know that democratic countries are the least likely to go to war with each other; they suffer from the fewest internal conflicts, the lowest counts of terrorism, and the lowest [...]
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