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Deeper Cooperative Visions by Dave Gutknecht With a boost from the International Year of Cooperatives, the potential of cooperatives in addressing critical social and economic needs is gaining recognition—although perhaps not as...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Working Together for Our Mutual Benefit by Michelle Schry Food co-ops are experts at doing things the hard way. We are grassroots organizations—it comes with the territory. People’s Food Co-op (PFC) in La Crosse, Wis., and the Rochester Good...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Cooperation and the Transformation of Society by Rose Marie Klee Wheatsville Co-op, established in 1976, has become a mainstay of the local business scene in Austin, Texas. Through our first decades, we were initially focused on survival and on cultivating our...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
The ABCs of POS by Michael Copley What point-of-sale (POS) system does your co-op use, and how well does it work for you?” “Should we be recording cost of product in our POS system?” “How do you create a...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Who’s Driving the Bus? by Carolee Colter Jeanie Wells As we go about our work of assessing organizational structures and conducting employee surveys in food co-ops, we frequently encounter an ongoing struggle between the marketing department (or lone...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Engaging Members with Members by Jake Schlachter Would house parties work for established co-ops to engage their members?” The question surprised me. I was teaching a workshop on Internet organizing for membership recruitment at the...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Ringing Out the International Year of Cooperatives by National Cooperative Grocers Association The International Year of Cooperatives is in its final months, and National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) and its member and associate co-ops continue to celebrate all of the ways that...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Weaving Again for IYC by Staff In honor of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives, cooperative organizations in Great Britain, the United States, and Canada have sponsored publication of a new edition of Weavers...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Domestic Fair Trade Association to Meet Nov. 12–14 by Staff The Domestic Fair Trade Association (www.dfta.org) annual meeting brings together stakeholders from across the food and agriculture systems. DFTA is leading the movement for a collaborative...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
New Study Highlights Impact of Food Co-ops by Staff A fascinating and detailed look at the impact of food co-ops has just been released by the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA). Available as a pdf, this 21-page report compares co-op...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Deeper Cooperative Visions by Dave Gutknecht With a boost from the International Year of Cooperatives, the potential of cooperatives in addressing critical social and economic needs is gaining recognition—although perhaps not as...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Public History at the Co-op by Craig Harris In the summer of 2011, I was contemplating the daunting task of how to gather and recognize what would soon be 30 years of history for Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market in Wilmington, N.C. My...	25 Sep 2012	#162 September-October 2012
Reaching Cooperative Solutions by Dave Gutknecht The Cooperative Solution, by E.G. Nadeau, is a small book that makes large claims, as indicated in its subtitle: How the United States can tame recessions, reduce inequality, and protect the...	04 Dec 2012	#163 November-December 2012
The Growth Roadway by Art Sherwood Expansion and growth are on the minds of many cooperative board and management leaders. And this makes sense, since growing our cooperatives’ abilities to deliver on their organizational...	04 Dec 2012	#163 November-December 2012
NYC: Acting Locally to Build a Global Cooperative Economy by Leslie Dreifus Sam Koprak Imagine what it would like to be part of a far-reaching movement imbued with values of economic democracy that circumnavigates the globe. Imagine that more than 1 billion people in every country...	04 Dec 2012	#163 November-December 2012
Why (Some) New Co-ops Fail by Stuart Reid The mayor spoke at the co-op’s ribbon cutting, and it seemed like the whole town turned out to celebrate. The local paper wrote excitedly about the new grocery store. The future seemed...	04 Dec 2012	#163 November-December 2012
By the Numbers by Mandy Catlette Years after pioneering the natural, organic foods movement and the radical notion of a more sustainable business model, food co-ops remain leaders in the grocery industry in ways that are...	04 Dec 2012	#163 November-December 2012
Farmers Continue to Fight Monsanto’s Threats, Intimidation by Dave Gutknecht Along with November 2012 referendums in California and Washington to require labeling of genetically engineered (GMO) foods, legal action continues against the leading GMO proponent and...	04 Dec 2012	#163 November-December 2012
Grants Build Co-op Economy by Rosie Weaver In September, Food Co-op Initiative announced grants to 10 new startup food co-ops. An additional four co-ops will receive scholarships for board and organizer training. All 14 awardees have...	04 Dec 2012	#163 November-December 2012
Just Damned If We Don’t by Dave Gutknecht We have continuing opportunities to cultivate cooperative enterprise. In the present issue are reports on how, and how not, to grow cooperative ownership. Cooperatives globally have...	04 Dec 2012	#163 November-December 2012
Food Co-ops Raise Over $147,000 by National Cooperative Grocers Association Last fall, the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) and its member and associate co-ops -collaborated on two initiatives with fantastic results: $106,500 raised for World Food...	20 Feb 2013	#164 Jan-Feb 2013
New Year Brings CGN Change by Dan Nordley Last January, the Cooperative Grocers’ Information Network (CGIN) board and executive director met for several days to figure out how CGIN could better meet our mission of strengthening all...	20 Feb 2013	#164 Jan-Feb 2013
Paradigm for a New Economy by Patricia Cumbie Nearly 2,800 cooperators from 91 countries converged on Quebec City, Canada, for the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives under the theme, "The Amazing Power of Cooperatives," in...	20 Feb 2013	#164 Jan-Feb 2013
Against the Tide by Rochelle Prunty River Valley Market in Northampton, Mass., opened in 2008, early in the current wave of new food co-ops and just before the start of the economic decline. Original sales projections had River...	20 Feb 2013	#164 Jan-Feb 2013
You Are Not Alone by Melanie Reid Is your co-op too small to have a human resources manager on staff? Is the HR function in your co-op divided up among different people? Have your HR systems been cobbled together from different...	20 Feb 2013	#164 Jan-Feb 2013

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