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Description: For groups that are interested in starting or have just launched a consumer food cooperative, buying club or a farmer-owned retail food store, this is a must-attend conference. National, regional and local food coop experts present 12 workshops on key topics along with lunchtime issue roundtables, a coop tour, coop resources and contacts, networking and more.
The conference registration site, http://ittakescooperation2011.eventbrite.com/, has workshop descriptions and logistical information.
Sponsored by Cooperative Development Institute, Barrington, NH, http://www.cdi.coop/foodcoopconference.html
Rural Cooperatives magazine, Rural Development, Business and Cooperative Programs, USDA - This bimonthly magazine contains articles and news items relevant to agricultural and non-agricultural cooperatives. An archive provides access to past issues of the magazine from 1998 to 2011.
