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Sweat, Equity
How vegan doughnuts can help fix the economy
"...a business plan to marketing strategies. To him, worker cooperatives are the antidote to the failure of capitalism. "Our..."

June 8, 2012 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

From Occupation to Co-operation
Co-op Think Tank organizes to expand member-owned movement
"...culture. In 1977, the co-op community hosted a national cooperatives conference, and afterward, members of the different local co-ops..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Point Austin: A Green and Democratic Place
Local activists kick off co-op project with a visit from Omar Freilla
"...If the term and concept "worker-owned cooperatives" sounds unfamiliar to you, that should be about to..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Cornering the Market
With its second location, Wheatsville expands its cooperative mission
"...So how do cooperatives benefit communities? From their beginnings in the 17th century,..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Mr. Rose Goes to Washington
Dripping Springs state rep to give Congressional testimony on Pedernales Electric Cooperative
"...them in the future at this and other electric cooperatives across Texas...."

June 25, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks
Preserve Town Lake
"...fundamental purpose of cooperative food stores. At their core, cooperatives are not about being "counter-cultural" or making political stands..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Column

The Spirit of Cooperation
"...is in the struggle and survival of the world's cooperatives. And it stands to reason that one of the..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Feature

Co-Op Conversions "Best Bet for Cultural Preservation"
Local businesses find strength in cooperation
"...Some co-ops are owned by their employees, others by..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

ACBA Summit: Austin Co-ops on the Move
Annual confab hopes to support democratic businesses
"...like a chamber of commerce, except we're focused on cooperatives as opposed to general business activity," says Brian Don­o­van,..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Austin's Third Coast Coffee Roasters Provide a Very Human Bean
Taste buds, pleased; central nervous systems, awake; all systems go
"...kind of alliance through importing. We work with farming cooperatives around the world, which differs from the so-called “direct..."

Feb. 14, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fair Squared
The Women and Fair Trade fair makes its annual trek to Austin
"...handmade pottery, jewelry, clothing, and textiles by eight artisan cooperatives, including Jolom Mayaetik, a 300-member, women-run cooperative founded in..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

More From Omar Freilla
"...spoke to Omar Freilla of New York's Green Worker Cooperatives on Sept. 28, in anticipation of his Oct. 6..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column

Naked City
"...Copa Bar & Grill, 217 Congress. Representatives of eight cooperatives of women from Mexico, Guatemala, and Palestine, will sell..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature

Who's Paying for LCRA Growth?
The LCRA’s wholesale customers are asking tough questions about the agency’s expensive expansion
"...strength in numbers, 11 Hill Country cities and electric cooperatives are demanding big changes from their power supplier --..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Quarter Ounce a Day
Texas man lives by -- and fights for -- medical marijuana
"...officials have acted against more than 35 medicinal-marijuana patients, cooperatives, and providers in California alone...."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Andrew Slaton

Shock to the System
Brace Yourselves: Deregulation Is Coming, Eventually
"...worked as a "vertical" structure wherein 27 large utilities, cooperatives, and river authorities produce most of their own generation,..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

The HOME Initiative Represented Council’s Most Significant Housing Changes in Years
Renters and young families advocated for changes to increase affordability
"...restrictions on unrelated adults living together in group homes, cooperatives, or simply as a way to afford rent...."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

After Long Day of Testimony, Council Votes to End Single-Family Zoning
New rules will allow three homes on every lot
"...to live in such arrangements – in group homes, cooperatives, and other communal settings – as a way to..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Could New EPA Haze Rule Push Fayette Power Plant Out of Favor?
Stricter pollution controls mean higher costs to keep it running
"...of AE, LCRA has contracts with Pedernales and Bluebonnet Cooperatives: “I presume they couldn't just stop operating their part..."

May 13, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

City Council Votes to Protect Mobile Home Residents
Nine mobile home parks rezoned for MH residential use
"...and beginning to work in some parks to develop cooperatives that could lead to group ownership of the land,..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Homes for the Holidays?
Housing Blueprint Gets an Implementation Plan
"...12: Relax regulations on housing cooperatives...."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup
Catfish, outlaws, and armadillos
"...Burger Showdown to Benefit Chef Cooperatives May 24, San Antonio, www.homegrowncheftv.com/events..."

May 2, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Readily Apparent Media on Their Basketball Doc
Local production house goes for the fast break
"...the strongly idealistic mutualism of several other renowned production cooperatives: think Borderline Films (Martha Marcy May Marlene) with aspirations..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Council: Coyotes, Garages, and Manure
Old zoning cases never die; they just reincarnate as amendments
"...30) a $29 million, 84-month contract with Texas Electric Cooperatives. Price tags that size, whatever the subject, tend to..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Next Stop, ACL Fest
Even the Dais Denizens have to take a break every once in a while
"...long-term contract (7 years, $29 million) with Texas Electric Cooperatives for Austin Energy's residential electric meters (getting increasingly smart)...."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Tap Dance
The many firsts of 4th Tap
"...Fully worker-owned cooperatives, however, are rarer. Hamje had chops as head brewer..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Food Feature by Cheryl Couture

All Over Creation: Site Specifics
Fusebox Festival helps the community envision a new kind of development with thinkEAST
"...reeled off several "out-of-the-box financial strategies" being considered, including cooperatives, 30-year leases, shareholder arrangements, and community land trusts. The..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Food Is People
Look at Jody Horton's photographs of food, and you'll see the passionate folks who make it
"...magazine is a general-interest periodical that the state's electric cooperatives have been putting in customers' homes for 70 years..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Alan Pogue
Exhibition tracks this photographer's 46 years of witnessing for justice and how he's still at it
"...of South Texas and those taking over land for cooperatives in northern Mexico, from inside prisons and inside the..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Civics 101
"...PARTY Put on your hammer pants to support worker-owned cooperatives. 10pm. 5604 Manor Rd.. $10 suggested donation. www.cooperationtexas.coop...."

Sept. 27, 2013 News Column

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