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
    Agile and Efficient: Board Committees and Committee Structures that Work
    BY Todd Wallace

    The use of committees by boards is ubiquitous—as it should be, considering a small group’s agility when compared to a whole board.

    		 164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    Taking Care of Board Fundamentals
    BY Joel Kopischke

    As cooperative boards strive for heavenly results, they need to be sure the devil is not in the details.

    		 164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    CreekSide Co-op: Opened November 2012
    BY Jonathan McGoran

    Of the many startup food co-ops in and around Philadelphia, the furthest along, and the one with which Weavers Way has worked most closely, is CreekSide Co-op, which opened for business in November

    		 164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    A Community of Co-ops Grows in Philly
    BY Jonathan McGoran

    By 2007, Weavers Way Co-op was a Philadelphia neighborhood institution, with a growing urban farm program, expanding partnerships with local schools, nearly 3,000 member households, and annual sale

    		 164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    You Are Not Alone
    BY Melanie Reid

    Is your co-op too small to have a human resources manager on staff? Is the HR function in your co-op divided up among different people?

    		 164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    Against the Tide
    BY Rochelle Prunty

    River Valley Market in Northampton, Mass., opened in 2008, early in the current wave of new food co-ops and just before the start of the economic decline.

    		 164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    Paradigm for a New Economy
    BY Patricia Cumbie

    Nearly 2,800 cooperators from 91 countries converged on Quebec City, Canada, for the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives under the theme, "The Amazing Power of Cooperatives," in October this

    		164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    New Year Brings CGN Change
    BY Dan Nordley

    Last January, the Cooperative Grocers’ Information Network (CGIN) board and executive director met for several days to figure out how CGIN could better meet our mission of strengthening all retail

    		164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    Food Co-ops Raise Over $147,000
    BY National Co+op Grocers

    Last fall, the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) and its member and associate co-ops -collaborated on two initiatives with fantastic results: 

    		 164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    A Global Cooperative Mandate
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The world clearly is in dire need of approaches to social issues that are more democratic and more just.

    		 164 Jan-Feb 2013 February 20, 2013
    "Seed Giants vs. U.S. Farmers" Published
    BY

    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.centerforfoo

    		 Endcap Articles February 16, 2013
    Survey of Co-op Potential in "Yes" Magazine
    BY

    "A Cooperative Economy" is the theme of "Yes!" magazine's spring 2013 issue: http://www.yesmagazine.org -- covering such examples as worker ownership, food

    		Endcap Articles February 11, 2013
    National Co-op Development Act Proposed
    BY

    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

    		Endcap Articles February 6, 2013
    Terrible Fix, Farm Bill in "Uncharted Territory"
    BY

    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 essential support for orga

    		 Endcap Articles January 21, 2013
    My Co-op Rocks! Winners Available
    BY

    Now available for online viewing are winners of an annual contest sponsored by several leading cooperatives that generates imaginative tributes to cooperat

    		 Endcap Articles December 27, 2012
    Resources from International Co-op Summits
    BY

    Cooperators everywhere can view online presentations and research delivered at major international cooperative meetings held in late 2012.

    		 Endcap Articles December 25, 2012
    The Growth Roadway
    BY Art Sherwood

    Expansion and growth are on the minds of many cooperative board and management leaders.

    		 163 November-December 2012 December 4, 2012
    Reaching Cooperative Solutions
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The Cooperative Solution, by E.G.

    		 163 November-December 2012 December 4, 2012
    NYC: Acting Locally to Build a Global Cooperative Economy
    BY Leslie Dreifus, Sam Koprak

    Imagine what it would like to be part of a far-reaching movement imbued with values of economic democracy that circumnavigates the globe.

    		 163 November-December 2012 December 4, 2012
    Why (Some) New Co-ops Fail
    BY Stuart Reid

    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 bright. 

    		 163 November-December 2012 December 4, 2012