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    Title Issue Date
    Building the Cooperative Movement
    BY

    The Principle Six (P6) Cooperative Trade Movement just celebrated its third anniversary on cooperative grocery shelves.

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Participation and Democracy Deterred
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The cover section of this issue offers much on building democratic participation, a struggle with many manifestations—including the civil rights movement, forming new co-ops, and articulating a new

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Examining a Bankruptcy at Mondragon
    BY

    A valuable discussion by members of GEO (Grassroots Economic Organizing) and readers of its website examines why a key company comprising part of the world’s strongest worker-owned complex in Mondr

    		 Endcap Articles January 27, 2014
    Fire Damages Sioux Falls Food Co-op
    BY Dan Nordley

    The Co-op Natural Foods Store in Sioux Falls suffered a devasting fire early on Sunday.

    		 Endcap Articles January 20, 2014
    TPP: Poison for Community Resilience
    BY

    Congress is being asked to “fast-track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would prevent many of its outrageous provisions, designed by and for multinational corporations, from getting the debate

    		 Endcap Articles January 16, 2014
    Exploring Co-op Potential with John Restakis
    BY

    Two sources of excellent examples and thoughtful questions about cooperatives and their potential:  John Restakis, author of Humanizing the Economy: Cooperatives in the Age of Capital and

    		Endcap Articles January 13, 2014
    Financing the New Economy
    BY

    An excellent report and overview appeared in a recent issue of Dollars and Sense and may be found on its website:  htt

    		 Endcap Articles December 20, 2013
    Bringing Open Book Management to Life at Just Food Co-op
    BY Melanie Reid

    Justice and Just Food Co-op in Northfield, Minn., opened its doors in 2004.

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    Engaging Employees in Open Book Management
    BY Helena O'Connor

    A few staff members crowded the back of the small room. Latecomers straggled in until most chairs were full.

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    Reaching Producer Agreements
    BY Travis Lusk

    Through good, honest practices, direct communication, and working to build lasting relationships, a local program can thrive in any cooperative grocery store.

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    Repurposing Food Scraps
    BY Diana Chapman

    In April 2010, the cofounders of WISErg Corporation called PCC Natural Markets (PCC), a Seattle-based natural foods co-op, to introduce their idea for converting food scraps into a new product.

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    Processing Plant Extends the Life of Local Produce
    BY Dean Williamson

    Bozeman is home to the Community Food Co-op. It’s also home to mountains, cows, and hay fields, and for a large part of the year, winter.

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    Polishing Up the Box
    BY Kelly Wiseman

    Every co-op in every community has its unique challenges, and we all choose different paths to both serve our member-owners and go toe-to-toe with the competition.

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    By Small Farmers, for Small Farmers
    BY Phyllis Robinson

    The first fair trade farmer-owned certification system, designated by the Small Producer Symbol (SPP, for its Spanish acronym), will arrive this fall on Equal Exchange coffees in food co-ops and na

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    A Tale of Ten Co-ops
    BY Rosie Weaver

    On September 2, Food Co-op Initiative (FCI) announced Seed Grants totaling $100,000 awarded to 10 communities across the U.S.

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    Co+op Forest
    BY Allie Mentzer

    During a recent national meeting of our 134 member and associate co-ops, National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) unveiled the Co+op Forest—a unique new program that offsets carbon emissions

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    Stakeholders and Solidarity
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Food co-ops have thrived as consumer cooperatives, owned by the people who patronize them, and they have learned to give emphasis to the ownership part of that structure.

    		 169 Nov-Dec 2013 December 9, 2013
    The Commons and Co-operative Commonwealth
    BY

    The 19th century cooperative movement also originated the cooperative land trust.  Both are part of longstanding campaigns to preserve the commons and the commonwealth against private concentration

    		 Endcap Articles December 4, 2013
    LEADer Winter 2013 Issue 22
    BY Martha Whitman, Gail Graham, Marcia Shaw, Paige Lettington, Cindy Owings
    		 LEADer Board Newsletter December 1, 2013
    Robynn Shrader: New Head of Consumer Cooperatives Worldwide
    BY

    The National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) has announced that its chief executive officer, Robynn Shrader, has been elected president of Consumer Cooperatives Worldwide (CCW), a sectoral o

    		 Endcap Articles November 22, 2013