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
    Food Alliance Certification
    BY Thekla Fagerlie-Madsen

    Today’s food consumers are looking for quality, freshness, and food products they can trust. Increasingly, their food buying decisions reflect their environmental and social values.

    		 114 September - October - 2004 October 21, 2004
    Field to Plate – Teaching taste to dietitians
    BY Mark Mulcahy

    This time of year for many of us is a celebration of the senses, with the many in-season produce possibilities: sweet, chin-dripping peaches, fresh and rich flavored corn, aromatic melons that take

    		 113 July - August - 2004 August 26, 2004
    U.S. Worker Co-ops Unite!
    BY Jane Livingston

    At their founding convention in late May, the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives and Democratic Workplaces set some ambitious goals.

    		 113 July - August - 2004 August 26, 2004
    Transitioning to a Restructured Organization
    BY Robynn Shrader

    On May 4, at a special meeting of the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) membership, the membership directed management to proceed with the reorganization as detailed in the reorganiza

    		 113 July - August - 2004 August 26, 2004
    Reclaiming the True Meaning of Organic
    BY Mark Kastel

    American agriculture has reached a fork in the road. Mainstream agriculture, veering down one path, has become highly concentrated, capital intensive, and driven by biotechnology.

    		 113 July - August - 2004 August 26, 2004
    Directors’ Perspectives on the CCMA Conference
    BY Candace Dow

    Some 100 co-ops representing over 30 states made this year’s CCMA annual conference feel like a family reunion. We talked with cooperators whom we had not seen since last year or longer.

    		 113 July - August - 2004 August 26, 2004
    Co-op Awards Given at CCMA
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Cooperative Service:
    Gail Graham

    		 113 July - August - 2004 August 26, 2004
    Building Democratic Culture
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    "How will you headline your report? ‘Too Much Love in the Air’?” one manager asked me.

    		 113 July - August - 2004 August 26, 2004
    Annual Meetings
    BY Ellen Michel

    Annual meetings: you gotta love ’em.

    		 112 May - June - 2004 June 9, 2004
    Local Co-ops Build National Presence
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    By late April, regional food co-op associations will decide whether to transfer their assets and primary identity to a restructured national organization.

    		 112 May - June - 2004 June 8, 2004
    Creating a Culture of Food Safety
    BY Rosemary Fifield

    When someone mentions “food poisoning,” what comes to mind for you? An hour or two of queasiness and nausea? Stomach cramps, perhaps, or, at worst, diarrhea and vomiting?

    		 112 May - June - 2004 June 8, 2004
    Seeking Local Organic Producers
    BY Cissy Bowman

    As worldwide availability of organic products hits new heights, there also is a strong consumer trend toward supporting local food systems.

    		 112 May - June - 2004 June 8, 2004
    Promoting the Co-op Store
    BY Rex Stewart, Chris Quinn

    "Do everything in your power to ensure the quality of your products and services before marketing your business," recommends the author of Guerrilla

    		015 February - March - 1988 June 8, 2004
    Personnel Files:
    BY Carolee Colter

    Personnel files are not a sign of encroaching bureaucracy. Even very small organizations should have them.

    		 015 February - March - 1988 June 7, 2004
    Cooperatives Work for Organic Integrity and Funding
    BY Robynn Shrader

    In 2004 the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) joined the National Organic Coalition to ensure that the provisions of the Organic Food Production Act of 1990 are fully implemented and

    		112 May - June - 2004 June 2, 2004
    Tracking the Co-op’s Local Impact
    BY Tim Bartlett
    It’s a common story. My family started one of the oldest farms in our region, and up until 1988 my uncle ran a dairy business that sold its milk through a local marketing cooperative.
    		 112 May - June - 2004 June 2, 2004
    Food, From Start to Finish
    BY Jane Livingston

    Thirty years ago, long before most supermarket chains had developed extensive private label programs in Canada, Co-op Atlantic retails sold ‘Co-op’ brand products.

    		 112 May - June - 2004 June 2, 2004
    Weaver Street Finds Success in Recruiting and Retaining Latino Staff
    BY Helena Economo

    The Treehouse bar was filling up quickly. Employees and their friends were gathering for the Weaver Street Market annual holiday party.

    		 112 May - June - 2004 May 27, 2004
    Seize the Moment
    BY Allen Seidner

    “I’m very impressed with your experience and your attitude, Yung Wannabee, and I think you’ll find yourself an easy fit as a member of our prepared foods team.

    		 112 May - June - 2004 May 27, 2004
    Get Down, Get Ahead
    BY Mel Braverman

    The Common Cooperative Financial Statements (CoCoFiSt) data sharing program has evolved over several years into widely used, multi-functional benchmarking, budgeting, and operational improvement to

    		 112 May - June - 2004 May 27, 2004