Coop Scoop: May, 2008
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A Director's Chair:
Rebates - So it looks like all of us (90% of us, anyway) are going to get a tax rebate, to “stimulate” the lagging economy. What should we/you do with it?
The Birds and the Beans…Preserving diversity and promoting small farmers through cooperative coffee

“There is a direct relationship between the loss of cultural diversity and the loss of biodiversity. Wherever Indigenous peoples still remain, there is also a corresponding enclave of biodiversity.”– Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations

How Free Trade Destroys Farming Communities And Causes Massive Waves Of Immigration

“You can build the Berlin Wall. You can build the China Wall. The U.S. can build a wall any size it wants. But they will never be able to stem the migration north as long as farmers are hungry and have no way to support their families.” – Gabriela Soriano, CIEPAC
The Effects of Farm Subsidies on Small Farmers
Read about "Forbidden Fruits and Vegetables"
Finding Healthy Body and Cosmetic Products
What does "Organic" really mean in the context of body care products?
May Flours
News at a Glance
Focus on Coop Suppliers:  Domestic shortage looms . . .American Wheat
The Healing Power of Grapefruit Seed Extract
More Ways to Recycle
Focus on Herbs:Echinacea
Ramequim Revisited:  Sformata Al Funghi/Ramequin `a l'Italienne
Make a quiche-souffle hybrid
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