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The Best Job Ever The following statements were made by pre-teens and teenagers from Philadelphia public schools. Be warned—you’ll be shocked. |
03 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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Co-ops Are Doing It for Themselves On Saturday, Oct. 2, Seward Cooperative Grocery & Deli in Minneapolis was the first consumer co-op to launch the Principle Six Cooperative Trade Movement (P6) to its customers and the larger... |
03 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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The Cooperative Economy Is Booming! Six years ago, Food Co-op 500 started with a volunteer task force and no staff. NCB/NCB Capital Impact donated some staff time (Richard Dines) to coordinate a round of seed grants and to assemble... |
03 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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Pioneer Market Meets Downtown Troy Pioneer Market opened on Oct. 5 after five years of organizing. Located in the central downtown of Troy, N.Y., the co-op attracted major civic investment as the only full-sized grocery store in... |
03 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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"Flexible or Flawed" Co-op Laws Rick Stewart: "Pigs are authorized to wear lipstick" To the editor:After leaving Frontier Natural Products Co-op in 1999, I enjoyed distracting myself with various non-co-op activities such as... |
01 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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New Support for Urban Cooperative Development CooperationWorks! (CW) and the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) announced on Oct. 15, 2010, a new initiative for urban cooperative development. Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.),... |
01 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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Cultivating Policy Support for Sustainable Farming Why should we care about the Farm Bill? Because no other piece of legislation determines the direction of food and farm policy more than this law. In other words, a sustainable food future largely... |
01 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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Capital Crunch, Capitol Crawl Creative proposals and inspiring stories illustrate ways to advance the cooperative agenda. That agenda is quite diverse in its programs, but co-ops share a common set of values and principles and... |
01 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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A Trojan Horse in Our Midst The Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act (which I'll refer to as the ULCAA or the Act) is a "model" statute proposed for adoption in the individual states. It is a governing statute for an... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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St. Peter Food Co-op Chooses Flexibility in Reincorporation St. Peter Food Co-op in Minnesota reincorporated under Minn. 308b statutes, one of the first state limited cooperative associations (LCA) options, in 2007. They decided to make the change in... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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Governance Considerations for New Retail Food Cooperatives The Uniform Limited Cooperation Association Act (UCLAA) and a variety of state statutes have provided new financing flexibility for organizers of food cooperatives. In addition, these business... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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Understanding the ULCAA Since 2001, new cooperative laws have been adopted in five states—Wyoming, Tennessee, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin—and introduced in the Nebraska state legislature. These laws do not replace... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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Flexible or Flawed Securing adequate capital from members as well as external sources is a primary cooperative challenge. The importance of capital often is not well recognized in these democratic organizations,... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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How Are We Doing? In my work with department managers, I typically ask, "How do you feel you are performing?" Almost every manager easily responds to this question. Then I ask how they think their supervisor would... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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Farm Aid 2010 Farm Aid's 25th anniversary concert was held on Oct. 2 in Milwaukee, Wis. It was a celebration of music and of the devotion of the organization to family farmers. However, behind the great music... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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Domestic Fair Trade Since the beginnings of the movement, co-ops have been catalysts for the transformation of economies around them. The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, often cited as the founders of modern... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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A General Manager Bids Farewell When I woke up that fateful morning, I had first-day-on-the-job jitters. However, I was excited about my new job and eager to get started. I was introduced to the staff and then handed a bucket, a... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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Basics and Beyond In 2009, in response to member interest and needs, the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) launched two new training programs, one geared towards co-op general managers and one geared... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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Building Blocks: A=L+C I remember learning balance sheet basics at some of my earliest co-op meetings. "A = L + C" was written for all to see, then explained again and again: Assets = Liabilities + Capital. When we... |
08 Dec 2010 | #151 November - December 2010 |
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Meaningful Metrics Successful reporting is essential to maintaining a positive board-management relationship. A sound process—one that includes the creation of meaningful metrics—is a powerful tool that closes the... |
15 Oct 2010 | #150 September - October 2010 |
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Making Ourselves Accountable Board of directors’ self-evaluation is the act of reflecting upon the past in order to constantly improve. It is rooted in a sincere commitment to providing high-quality governance as trustees of... |
15 Oct 2010 | #150 September - October 2010 |
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The Fair Trade Movement For more than 60 years, fair trade—a trading partnership based on dialogue, transparency, and respect—has contributed to greater social and economic equity and to protection of the global... |
15 Oct 2010 | #150 September - October 2010 |
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The Buzz on Fair Trade Once Again Nut Butter is an employee-owned company. Beekeeper sustainability projects and the establishment of fair trade infrastructure have been an important part of our work at Once... |
05 Oct 2010 | #150 September - October 2010 |
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The Color of Dedication Stage three-and-a-half means "yellow," and yellow means "go, go, go" in the banana world. |
26 Oct 2010 | #150 September - October 2010 |
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Sourcing with Integrity Since beginning as a two-person operation in 1976, Frontier Natural Products Co-op has specialized in natural and organic products. The business was originally structured as a cooperative that... |
05 Oct 2010 | #150 September - October 2010 |
