Links

Visit these Web sites for more information about the co-op world, organic food, going local, and protecting our natural resources!

Co-ops
Willy Street Co-op (original authors of the excellent glossary of natural and unnatural terms)
National Cooperative Grocers Association
National Cooperative Business Association

Organic food industry
Beyond Pesticides
Celiac Disease Foundation
Center for Food Safety
National Organic Program (NOP)
Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
Organic Trade Association (OTA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Local eating
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Food Routes
Locavores
Seven Springs Farm
Sustainable Table

Local living
City of Roanoke
Grandin Gardens
Grandin Village Business Association (GVBA)
Grandin Theatre
Roanoke Chapter of the Sierra Club
Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (RVCCC)
Roanoke Valley Greenways
Western Virginia Land Trust

Patronage Dividends
“Waking the Sleeping Giant: Recognize Patronage Dividends for What They Are—Co­op Capital” By Marilyn Scholl, with Joel Dahlgren and Bruce Mayer
“Membership is Ownership” by Marilyn Scholl
“A Patronage Rebate System that Works” by Elizabeth Archerd
“Patronage Dividends: A Primer” by Bruce Mayer