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101 July - August - 2002 May 31, 2006

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107 July - August - 2003 May 31, 2006

Will you attend the 50th annual Consumer Cooperative Management Association conference June 8–10 in Atlanta?

123 March - April - 2006 April 17, 2006

How are we preparing for a difficult future?

121 November - December - 2005 March 28, 2006

The theme of cooperatives’ contributions to their communities is a well chosen one for activities promoting cooperatives—for more, see p. 12.

114 September - October - 2004 March 28, 2006

A new food co-op and two recovered ones are each reason to celebrate, and they make for good news in this edition of Cooperative Grocer.

111 March - April - 2004 March 28, 2006

“Under construction” assumes multiple meanings when one is immersed in a project.

112 May - June - 2004 March 28, 2006

The annual food co-op conference provides important opportunities for recognizing achievements and inspiring more.

113 July - August - 2004 March 28, 2006

The following “open letter” was jointly written and issued in mid-November.

122 January - February - 2006 March 9, 2006

From Brattleboro to Bellingham, many co-ops across America are engaging their members in activism and finding that the work adds value to both their stores and their communities.

120 September - October - 2005 December 5, 2005

Blooming Prairie Foundation announced in June the recipients of its 2005 grant awards. This is the first year that the foundation has awarded grants, which totaled over $250,000.

120 September - October - 2005 December 5, 2005

A constructive, effective working relationship between a co-op's management and board of directors is a critical factor in the long-term success and survival of a co-op.

051 March - April - 1994 December 5, 2005

Directors, managers, staff, and allies of food co-ops met in Albuquerque during June 9–11 for the annual CCMA (Consumer Cooperative Management Association) conference.

119 July - August - 2005 August 22, 2005
Alexis de Tocqueville, in the first half of the 19th century, visited our still-wet-behind-the-ears nation and penned his famous treatise Democracy in America.
118 May - June - 2005 June 6, 2005

Two years ago, in the May–June 2003 issue of Cooperative Grocer, readers got an inside look at the Point of Sale (POS) system that has become known as IS4C: Integrated System for Co-ops.

118 May - June - 2005 June 6, 2005

With governments in the United States and Canada refusing to label foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), several natural food retailers are taking matters into their own hands by

117 March - April - 2005 April 29, 2005

Take note of the recently announced campaign by the National Cooperative Business Association, promoting co-ops as "not for profit" and "operating at cost." In the Cooperative B

072 September - October - 1997 March 20, 2005

[Several readers responded to the previous editorial on co-op purpose, which quoted from a column by Russ Notar.  Following those letters and a response are a separate letter and

073 November - December - 1997 March 20, 2005

Social capital, as distinct from private capital, is a philosophical foundation of cooperatives and a kind of ultimate realization of our efforts.

068 January - February - 1997 March 20, 2005

As businesses providing ready-to-eat foods, co-ops should be taking precautions to ensure that we are not contributing to the statistics on food-borne illness.

116 January - February - 2005 February 24, 2005