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Director Recruitment: The Nominations Process by Karen Zimbelman It's true. The responsibilities of being a director usually become so consuming that not much time ends up being devoted to thinking about upcoming elections. For many co-ops, the "recruitment and...	04 Jan 2011	#002 December - January - 1985
Cooperative Finance: Discounts Provoke Discussion! by Scott Beers Margaret Lund Editor's note: Recently, several readers wrote letters to the editor discussing financial matters. These letters appear below, followed by a response from the authors of the finance...	28 Dec 2010	#064 May - June - 1996
Bad for Bees: EPA Bows to Bayer by Dave Gutknecht Tom Philpot at Grist, www.grist.org, continues to contribute excellent reporting on food and pharm corporations. These businesses and their federal regulators regularly undermine public...	13 Dec 2010	• Endcap Articles
A Trojan Horse in Our Midst by Laddie Lushin, Esq. 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
St. Peter Food Co-op Chooses Flexibility in Reincorporation by Stuart Reid 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
Governance Considerations for New Retail Food Cooperatives by Thane Joyal 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
Understanding the ULCAA by Lynn Pitman 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
Flexible or Flawed by Dave Gutknecht 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
How Are We Doing? by Mel Braverman 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
Farm Aid 2010 by Cissy Bowman 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
Domestic Fair Trade by Erbin Crowell 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
A General Manager Bids Farewell by David Montano 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
Basics and Beyond by Karen Zimbelman 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
Building Blocks: A=L+C by Dave Gutknecht 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
Prospects in Hard Times: Part 3 by Dave Gutknecht [“Rootstock” Part 3: 2009, unpublished] Think organic food. Think childcare and other essential services. Think community economic development and local lending. These are the kinds of...	20 Nov 2010	• Endcap Articles
Food Co-ops and the Road to Organic Valley: Part 2 by Dave Gutknecht [Originally published in "RootStock," Spring-Summer 2009] Part 1, published in the previous edition of RootStock, summarized twenty years of food co-ops’ early years, when these community-...	20 Nov 2010	• Endcap Articles
Recommended: "Catching Fire" by Dave Gutknecht Animal response to fire typically is described as fear and flight. Yet I have noticed many times that the smell of seasoned oak in a wood-burning stove is so savory that it makes my mouth water...	12 Nov 2010	• Endcap Articles
The Color of Dedication by Barth Anderson Stage three-and-a-half means "yellow," and yellow means "go, go, go" in the banana world.	26 Oct 2010	#150 September - October 2010
"Consumer Groups Get It Wrong" -- Plus a new food safety report by Dave Gutknecht Adding to the earlier version of this story: National Sustainable Agriculture Committee has released a new report on food safety: “A Sustainable Agriculture Perspective on Food Safety.” ...	25 Oct 2010	• Endcap Articles
Collaboration and Resilience by Eric Deluca What does it take to cultivate a resilient food system? Regional efforts underway in the Northeast and around the country suggest some inputs and practices that seem to be doing just that. These...	25 Oct 2010	#149 July - August - 2010*
Understanding Marketing Research by Debbie Suassuna In order to improve overall sales performance and compete effectively against other food stores, food co-ops can choose from several types of market research tools. Generally speaking, the results...	15 Oct 2010	#149 July - August - 2010*
The Changing Face of Co-op Development by Stuart Reid How do you start a new retail food co-op? Can you give me a checklist and a budget? I’ll take it from there! If only it were that easy. With hundreds of communities interested in opening new...	15 Oct 2010	#149 July - August - 2010*
Take it From Here: Cool Marketing Implements for 2010 by Ellen Michel These tips, tools, sites and strategies were all shared at this year’s Marketing Matters. NCGA members may log in to the NCGA website for details. Take it from here to help your co-op make more of...	15 Oct 2010	#149 July - August - 2010*
Old Dog, New Tricks by Kelly Wiseman There are plenty of unwelcome emotions that accompany us through our days in retail, like stress or maybe even a little anger. But nothing quite starts the day like that twinge of outright fear in...	15 Oct 2010	#149 July - August - 2010*
Marketing Matters 2010 by Ellen Michel Marketing Matters 2010 took place in New York City, May 11–13, bringing together 75 co-op marketing and member services attendees, plus presenters and National Cooperative Grocers Association (...	15 Oct 2010	#149 July - August - 2010*

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