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The Right Fit by Debbie Suassuna There are a number of characteristics that can add to or detract from a natural food co-op store’s opportunity for success. We’ve covered location and site characteristics to be considered in...	10 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Bag It! by Carol Spurling Jesica DeHart There are always lots of reasons not to take a risk—even when it’s the right thing to do. The Moscow Food Co-op (Moscow, Ida.) recently took one when we launched a month-long campaign...	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Delightful Shopping by Jeanne Lakso Using cross-functional store teams to plan promotions can be a simple way to create effective promotional programs that are fun and engaging for your customers, position the co-op as an exciting...	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Developing Standards for Domestic Fair Trade by Kerstin Lindgren We sometimes describe the Domestic Fair Trade Association (DFTA) as a movement of movements. We count among our members farmers and their organizations, farmworkers and their...	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Cooperatives Supporting Cooperatives by Staff Leading U.S. food cooperative manufacturers continue to support producer co-ops in other nations. Following are two examples. Once Again Nut Butter supports Nicaraguan farmers Once Again Nut...	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Does Fair Trade Have a Future? by Phyllis Robinson In September 2010, at the Fair Trade Futures Conference in Boston, Santiago Paz, co-director of CEPICAFE, a small coffee farmer cooperative in northern Peru, shook the audience with his...	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Burlington, N.C., Welcomes Company Shops Market by Sharon Dent What started as an exploration of interest in Company Shops Market in August 2007 led to a very quiet soft opening on May 21, 2011, in downtown Burlington, N.C. Folks from other co-ops, our staff...	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Harrisonburg’s Friendly New Neighbor by Ben Sandel In March 2006, about 30 people came to a meeting at the Little Grill Collective restaurant in Harrisonburg, Va., to talk about starting a cooperative. The Little Grill had opened a 600-square-foot...	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Food Co-op Initiative Awards $100K in Grants by Staff	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
2012: International Year of Cooperatives by Staff "Cooperative enterprises build a better world." This has been adopted as the official slogan of "2012: International Year of Cooperatives"—a United Nations declaration and a global...	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
A World of Opportunity by Dave Gutknecht Declaring 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives received a rare unanimous vote from the UN General Assembly. This declaration offers a timely opportunity to promote cooperatives as a proven...	05 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Tips for Choosing a Designer by Lisa Smith Budget and skill Good designers can cost anywhere between $25 an hour to hundreds, but don’t make the mistake of only looking at designers in your price range. Luckily, creative folks like...	04 Oct 2011	#156 September - October - 2011
Building a Healthy Local Foods Economy with Coopetition by Ellen Michel Every so often a question will be put forth among co-ops that, in its simplified version, asks something like this: “Does your co-op support farmers markets and community-supported agriculture (...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
Finding the Right Site for Your Co-op by Debbie Suassuna When you are evaluating a natural food co-op store location, there are a number of characteristics that can add to, or detract from, the store’s ability to generate sales. This is the second in a...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
Marketing Matters Draws Largest Audience by Gretchen Addison A record 100 attendees representing 66 food co-ops from across the nation convened in Minneapolis, Minn., May 4–5 for the National Cooperative Grocer Association’s (NCGA) annual Marketing Matters...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
Awards at CCMA for Cooperative Service and Retail Excellence by Staff The annual award for Cooperative Service went to Amber and Nicole Sallaberry of Reno, Nev., and the Cooperative Excellence Award went to Seward Co-op in Minneapolis, Minn. Co-ops with milestone...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
Catching the Co-op Wave in San Diego by Dave Gutknecht High spirits and stimulating conversations marked the 55th annual Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference in San Diego June 16–18. Attendees included over 400 food co-op...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
A Call to Be Inclusive by Dave Gutknecht In June, I was inspired once again by the annual CCMA conference of food co-op leaders, summarized elsewhere in these pages. I also have a few uneasy questions, but those too stem from breathing...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
From Cool Ideas to Cooler Results by Joel Kopischke Serving on a board has been some of the most rewarding work I’ve done in my life, but it rarely has provided instant gratification. And that’s appropriate—the board takes a long-term view.	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
Food Hubs Build Local Food Infrastructure by Dave Gutknecht Two USDA publications issued in 2010 provide useful reports on the challenges and advantages of “food hubs,” a concept that is central to the ongoing revival of local food systems. These and...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
Sharing Passions and Expertise with Startups by Jake Schlachter On a Monday in May, I addressed a room crowded with attentive listeners who had come to hear how to add an income-generating activity to their food co-op organizing efforts. They were 127 people...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
The Politics of Cooperation: Exploring the Landscape by Stuart Reid Cultivating cooperation, by its nature, means working with many different groups. Here is a primer on the many organizations and resources you need to know about as you work to establish or...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
From the Ground Up by Thaleon Tremain A growing category in grocery retail embraces farmer-ownership. What do Divine Chocolate, Ocean Spray, Tillamook, Organic Valley, and Florida’s Natural have in common? They are all “farmer-owned”...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
Steps to a Solidarity Economy by Elizabeth Henderson Cooperation among cooperatives is a basic principle of the co-op movement. In Kansas, New York, and Massachusetts, food co-ops are applying this concept in a creative way: providing deep and solid...	28 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011
Farmers and Consumers Together by Erbin Crowell At the annual winter conference of the Vermont Northeast Organic Farming Association earlier this year, author and activist Bill McKibben congratulated those gathered on a cold, windy day in...	26 Aug 2011	#155 July - August - 2011

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