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    Title Issue Date
    The Editor Notes
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Values and ends

    This publication's editorial advisory board recently approved a statement of ends and values for Cooperative Grocer:

    		108 September - October - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Sustainable Ag Programs Under Attack
    BY Kathy Lawrence

    If the House of Representatives has its way, some of the sustainable agriculture movement's biggest wins in the 2002 Farm Bill will disappear for at least a year and maybe longer.

    		 108 September - October - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Planning for Productivity
    BY Mark Mulcahy

    Last time, I talked about how we are judged by margin in our departments and how you could improve your margin by paying attention to specific areas (training, quality control, and accountability)

    		108 September - October - 2003 January 7, 2004
    People's Food Co-op Grows a Green Store
    BY Miles Uchida
    People's Food Co-op Grows a Green Store
    		108 September - October - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Naturally Northwest
    BY Brian Schaeperkoetter

    		 108 September - October - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Building a Unified System
    BY Robynn Shrader

    		 108 September - October - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Demystifying Policy Governance
    BY Linda Stier

    Policy Type: Governance Process

    Policy Title: Linkage with Owners

    		 108 September - October - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Canada's Co-op Atlantic
    BY Tom Webb
    Canada's Co-op Atlantic -- Showing the Way to Cooperation Among Cooperatives
    		108 September - October - 2003 January 7, 2004
    When the Weather Gets Rough, Co-ops Are Tough
    BY Tom Webb

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    Cooperative Accountability
    BY Linda Stier

    A recent survey sponsored by the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and a coalition of major national cooperative associations indicated that the public has strong expectations of

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    Co-op Kanagawa
    BY Yu Shibata

    Co-op Kanagawa, the fourth-largest regional co-op in Japan, is located mainly in Kanagawa prefecture just southwest of Tokyo. Membership was 1 million in 2002 and has increased every year.

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    Build the Crew Before You Build the Walls
    BY Mark Mulcahy

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    Creative Solutions Bring New Look to Dated Store
    BY Pam Mehnert

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    Misguided Power Politics Make Us Sick -- Grassroots Democracy Is the Cure
    BY Kathy Lawrence

    We are what we eat" is certainly not a new idea, but it's still true.

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    The Editor Notes
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    New tradition: thanks locally

    At the farmers market or a co-op, I'm thankful for wonderful food and the hardworking producers who supply it.

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    Remodeling Plans
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    A proposal to redefine their regional and national associations has generated intense discussion among food cooperative managers and organizational leaders.

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    Davis Co-op and Community Get Together for a Blood Drive
    BY Kate Dreher

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    Cooperative d'Alentour Grows, Links with Co-op Atlantic
    BY Louise Brunelle

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    The Farmer and the Feds
    BY Cissy Bowman

    Entering the second year of the fully implemented National Organic Program, we are beginning to see the NOP's impact on a grassroots movement gone "mainstream." Those of us whose business relies on

    		 110 January - February - 2004 December 29, 2003
    Growing Out of the "Small Deli Blues"
    BY Allen Seidner


     

    		 109 November - December - 2003 December 10, 2003