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CCMA 2018 will take place in Portland, Oregon, from May 31 to June 2, 2018. Save the date for this national food co-op event. As an attendee, here’s what you can expect: |
September 7, 2017 | |
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Save the dates—December 14-16, 2017. |
Endcap Articles | August 18, 2017 |
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Under the theme, “Our North Star: Cooperate to Differentiate,” some 400 cooperators met in downtown Minneapolis on June 8–10 for the 61st annual Consumer Cooperative Management Associati |
191 July-August 2017 | August 11, 2017 |
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The fall grant cycle for the Howard Bowers Fund is here—U.S. food co-ops can now apply to receive leadership education and training scholarships for co-op boards of directors and co-op staff. |
Endcap Articles | August 7, 2017 |
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There is now opportunity to recommend how USDA should implement the 2016 law requiring a system for labeling GMO (genetically modifed organisms). |
Endcap Articles | July 21, 2017 |
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The Board of Directors is excited to announce that a new General Manager has been hired for Boise Co-op! |
July 19, 2017 | |
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An established food journalist is hoping to begin work on a book that will tell the story of retail food co-ops. |
July 19, 2017 | |
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Lexington Co-op in Buffalo, N.Y. opened its second store on July 12, 2017. |
Endcap Articles | July 12, 2017 |
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It’s been eight years since residents of the Allied/Dunn’s Marsh neighborhood have had a full-service grocery store within a mile of their homes. |
July 6, 2017 | |
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The Fredericksburg Food Co-op now has 450 members and you could be number 451 for free. |
July 6, 2017 | |
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When the food sovereignty movement combined with the devastating impacts of the 2008 recession to re-energize the cooperative model, an opportunity for collaboration across the Canadian province of |
190 May-June 2017 | July 2, 2017 |
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Ontario Natural Food Co-op (ONFC) announced in early March that it had signed a letter of intent to sell its business and key assets to the Horizon Group of western Canada. |
190 May-June 2017 | July 2, 2017 |
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The NCG Development Co+operative is pleased to announce that it has loaned $9,350,000 of the $10 million dollars made available to retail food co-ops in its charter loan fund! |
190 May-June 2017 | July 1, 2017 |
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The March 2017 Up & Coming food co-op conference featured larger-than-ever attendance and a training program of increased depth and breadth. |
190 May-June 2017 | July 1, 2017 |
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Whenever cooperators congregate, it’s a gathering of the tribe that generates the joy of mutual recognition. Such was the case at the 2017 Up & Coming food co-op conference. |
190 May-June 2017 | July 1, 2017 |
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What do you love most about your new co-op? Since December 2016, I’ve been asking this question quite a bit of my fellow member-owners. The answers are becoming quite predictable: |
190 May-June 2017 | July 1, 2017 |
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Co-op boards and marketing teams can be like two ships passing in the night. |
July 1, 2017 | |
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In 2015, Food Co-op Initiative (FCI) became aware of a pattern: The strongest developing food co-ops we worked with also tended to be some of the best-branded ones. |
190 May-June 2017 | June 30, 2017 |
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Where do you go when you have a question related to your job at your co-op that your co-worker, owners, or board are unable answer? |
190 May-June 2017 | June 30, 2017 |
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Keeping it fresh: a vibrant and fresh produce department is a key part of most natural food cooperatives, and a positive produce experience is the primary reason given by shoppers |
190 May-June 2017 | June 30, 2017 |
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