Enjoy the archive of Cooperative Grocer magazine, with articles going back to 1985.

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Also available in the archives is LEADer, the NCG Governance Newsletter

    Title Issue Date
    Building on a Legacy of Food Security
    BY Bonnie Hudspeth, Micha Josephy

    Recently, issues of health and nutrition have gained national prominence, supported by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move!

    		 167 July-August 2013 August 22, 2013
    Missing Links
    BY Art Sherwood

    I am often asked, “Why don’t you teach co-ops in the business schools?” As a true believer in and champion of co-ops, I empathize with this frustration.

    		 167 July-August 2013 August 22, 2013
    Collaborative Strategies for Brand Management
    BY Ellen Michel

    "There are no marketing emergencies,” Jeanne Lakso announced decisively at Marketing Matters 2013, the National Cooperative Grocers’ Association (NCGA) conference she helps design on topics relevan

    		 167 July-August 2013 August 22, 2013
    Checking the Alignment: FCI NCGA CGN CDSCC NCB
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    I concluded my previous column on growing our future by emphasizing the importance of greater alignment among stakeholders both within local cooperatives and within our cooperative sector.

    		 167 July-August 2013 August 22, 2013
    CGN Wants Your Cognitive Surplus
    BY Dan Nordley

    At the CGN (Cooperative Grocer Network) annual meeting held during the CCMA conference, board and staff lauded the progress the organization had made in the last year.

    		 167 July-August 2013 August 22, 2013
    New Co-op Conversion Case Study
    BY

    A new publication provides a very informative look at converting an existing store to a community-based cooperative.  Locate this free pdf at:

    		Endcap Articles August 9, 2013
    Self-Financing Tool: Direct Public Offerings
    BY

    What do the following have in common?  Real Pickles, a new worker cooperative in Massachusetts; Arroyo Food Co-op, a startup in Pasadena, Cal.; and People’s Community Market in Oakland; also Ben &a

    		 Endcap Articles August 2, 2013
    "Can Union Cooperatives Save Democracy?"
    BY

    An excellent and lengthy essay, Can Union Cooperatives Save Democracy? has just been posted by John Clay at his

    		Endcap Articles July 12, 2013
    LEADer Summer 2013 Issue 20
    BY Martha Whitman, Gail Graham, Marcia Shaw, Cindy Owings, Thane Joyal
    		 LEADer Board Newsletter July 1, 2013
    Websites on Food System Environmental Impacts
    BY

    An excellent listing of 15 websites that focus on the food system and its environmental impacts is available from foodtank.org, a nonprofit dedicated to improving those impacts: 

    		Endcap Articles June 25, 2013
    Governing with Excellence, Using Awareness and Discipline
    BY Thane Joyal

    Why is it that some of our retail food cooperative boards really make a powerful difference in their communities, while others flounder?

    		 166 May-June 2013 June 3, 2013
    Seven Steps to Re-energize Your Cooperative Culture
    BY Adam Schwartz

    "Culture is to an organization what water is to a fish—it is the environment that exists all around us."

    		 166 May-June 2013 June 3, 2013
    Sales Tax: Not Simple
    BY Sage Turner

    I joined the French Broad Food Co-op team in 2009. Sales had been plummeting for five consecutive years.

    		 166 May-June 2013 June 3, 2013
    Wheatsville's BIG Direction
    BY Dan Gillotte, Rose Marie Klee

     

    		 166 May-June 2013 June 3, 2013
    Bowers Fund Helps Grow Co-ops
    BY Staff

    Thanks to co-ops' support of the Bowers Fund, approximately 20 -people receive scholarships to the attend CCMA conference (Consumer Cooperative Management Association) each year. 

    		 166 May-June 2013 June 3, 2013
    Building a Cooperative of Independent Natural Food Retailers
    BY Staff

    Cooperative Grocer: Congratulations on the Independent Natural Food Retailers Association (INFRA) (www.naturalfoodretailers.net) g

    		 166 May-June 2013 June 3, 2013
    A Touchstone Event for Startup Co-ops
    BY Ellen Michel

    As hosts of the annual "Up and Coming, Up and Running Food Co-op Conference," participants from Bloomingfoods Market and Deli Cooperative (Bloomington, Ind.) are keenly aware of the many challenges

    		 166 May-June 2013 June 3, 2013
    NCGA Debuts Co+op Kitchen Videos
    BY National Co+op Grocers

    When it comes to cooking at home, choosing the right ingredients and understanding basic kitchen skills can make the difference between a good meal and an amazing one.

    		 166 May-June 2013 June 3, 2013
    Growing Our Future
    BY Dave Gutknecht

     

    Cooperatives have a great thing going—let's share and grow it! But it's never that simple. 

    		 166 May-June 2013 June 3, 2013
    GMO Contamination: It's not the first time
    BY

    In late May the USDA announced that unapproved genetically modified (GMO) wheat has been discovered in a field in Oregon, which is a major wheat exporter – yet no GMO wheat has been approved for tr

    		 Endcap Articles May 30, 2013