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Food Co-ops Raise Over $147,000 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 |
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A Global Cooperative Mandate The world clearly is in dire need of approaches to social issues that are more democratic and more just. In this vein, the potential for cooperative enterprise is receiving greater attention,... |
20 Feb 2013 | #164 Jan-Feb 2013 |
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"Seed Giants vs. U.S. Farmers" Published In mid-February a major new study was released by the Center for Food Safety and Save Our Seeds. Available for free download at http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org, the 50-page document,... |
16 Feb 2013 | • Endcap Articles |
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Survey of Co-op Potential in "Yes" Magazine "A Cooperative Economy" is the theme of "Yes!" magazine's spring 2013 issue: http://www.yesmagazine.org -- covering such examples as worker ownership, food co-ops and... |
11 Feb 2013 | • Endcap Articles |
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National Co-op Development Act Proposed The National Cooperative Development Act of 2011 needs the support of the public and members of Congress – see http://www.campaign.coop/. The bill promotes job creation and economic... |
06 Feb 2013 | • Endcap Articles |
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Terrible Fix, Farm Bill in "Uncharted Territory" The nine-month “fix” in the farm bill is worse than nothing. With the last-minute approval of this compromise, largely without debate, we lost relatively inexpensive yet... |
21 Jan 2013 | • Endcap Articles |
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My Co-op Rocks! Winners Available Now available for online viewing are winners of an annual contest sponsored by several leading cooperatives that generates imaginative tributes to cooperatives. The My Co-op Rocks Video +... |
27 Dec 2012 | • Endcap Articles |
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Resources from International Co-op Summits Cooperators everywhere can view online presentations and research delivered at major international cooperative meetings held in late 2012. The International Summit of Cooperatives in Quebec City,... |
25 Dec 2012 | • Endcap Articles |
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The Growth Roadway 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 |
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Reaching Cooperative Solutions 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 |
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NYC: Acting Locally to Build a Global Cooperative Economy 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 |
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Why (Some) New Co-ops Fail 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 |
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By the Numbers 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 |
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Farmers Continue to Fight Monsanto’s Threats, Intimidation 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 |
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Grants Build Co-op Economy 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 |
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Just Damned If We Don’t 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 |
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Accounting Best Practices Primer Now Available Accounting Best Practices for Food Co-ops: A Primer is now available, an excellent and concise (14-page) summary in four sections: balance sheet, income statement, internal control, and cash... |
15 Nov 2012 | • Endcap Articles |
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Working Together for Our Mutual Benefit 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 |
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Cooperation and the Transformation of Society 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 |
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Public History at the Co-op 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 |
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The ABCs of POS 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 |
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Who’s Driving the Bus? 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 |
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Engaging Members with Members 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 |
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Ringing Out the International Year of Cooperatives 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 |
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Weaving Again for IYC 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 |
