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    Two Stores and Growing: Bloomingfoods Market and Deli
    BY

    Nestled in the rolling hills of southern Indiana, Bloomington is an oasis of natural beauty and culture and is home to Indiana University, the state's largest school.

    		 081 March - April - 1999 January 8, 2004
    Building Accountability
    BY Mel Braverman

    Who would choose to work for an organization that does not hold the general manager accountable?

    		 085 November - December - 1999 January 8, 2004
    Transforming Workplace Culture
    BY Carolee Colter

    "Culture" maybe hard to define, but the signs of a dysfunctional workplace culture are hard to ignore. Do any of these sound like your co-op?

    		 074 January - February - 1998 January 8, 2004
    Management Evaluation Under Policy Governance
    BY Marilyn Scholl

    The relationship between the board and the general manager is probably the most important relationship in a co-op.

    		 084 September - October - 1999 January 8, 2004
    Ends: Defining Your Cooperative Advantage
    BY Linda Stier

    		 097 November - December - 2001 January 8, 2004
    A Member Linkage Tool Builds Policy and Action
    BY Karen Zimbelman
    		 092 January - February - 2001 January 8, 2004
    Democracy Works
    BY Paul Cultrera
    Democracy Works
    		104 January - February - 2003 January 8, 2004
    Maintaining Co-op Democracy
    BY Ann Waterhouse

    As a member of the Willy Street Co-op board in Madison, Wisc., I'm interested in creative ways to stimulate member participation in our cooperative.

    		 098 January - February - 2002 January 8, 2004
    Helping Build a Thriving Future for Food Cooperatives
    BY Marilyn Scholl

    Long before "just do it" became part of the American lexicon, the teenaged Homer Hickam, inspired by the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and fueled by a desire to beat the Russians at the space race, dec

    		 102 September - October - 2002 January 8, 2004
    Time To Reshape Cooperative Identity?
    BY Annie Donovan, Sophia Raday

    It's a new century -- is it time to reshape cooperative identity?

    		 087 March - April - 2000 January 8, 2004
    Lessons from the Planning Front Lines
    BY Karen Zimbelman

    Does the idea of planning sessions with your co-op board of directors fill you with dread? Do you spend more time talking about planning than actually doing any planning?

    		 086 January - February - 2000 January 8, 2004
    Encountering Cooperative Extremists
    BY David Fowle, Marilyn Scholl

    Do the following statements or situations sound familiar in our cooperatives?

    		 083 July - August - 1999 January 8, 2004
    Promoting Organizational Healing
    BY Ann Waterhouse

    Ever heard the phrase, "Work smarter, not harder?" Ever wonder, as I have, exactly what that phrase means?

    		 083 July - August - 1999 January 8, 2004
    Radio Marketing Can Be Cheap and Powerful
    BY Kelly Wiseman

    The last thing the average co-op manager has time for is figuring out the vagaries of radio.

    		 077 July - August - 1998 January 9, 2004
    Promoting Pre-order Sales:
    BY Aspen Olmstead
    Three years ago, members of the Syracuse (N.Y.) Real Food Cooperative were forced to vote on whether their retail co-op should declare bankruptcy.
    		 076 May - June - 1998 January 9, 2004
    Using Policy Governance to Improve Board Leadership
    BY Marilyn Scholl

    Food cooperatives around the country are talking about Policy Governance -- a system of board leadership developed by John Carver.

    		 078 September - October - 1998 January 9, 2004
    Peruvian Percolator
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Thanks to Rick Stewart and Frontier Natural Products Co-op, I just spent a week in Peru, where Frontier and an allied local group, the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture in the T

    		 078 September - October - 1998 January 9, 2004
    Building Financial Partnerships
    BY Sophia Raday, Kerinne McNicholas , Annie Donovan

    To be successful in today's competitive, global economy, you can't just be good at what you do. You have to be excellent. Natural food cooperatives are keenly aware of this.

    		 078 September - October - 1998 January 9, 2004
    Educating Staff About Nutrition
    BY Ruth Blackburn

     

    Natural foods cooperatives have historically been leaders in providing education to staff, members and shoppers.

    		 079 November - December - 1998 January 9, 2004
    Mission Statement – or (Still) Missin' Statement?
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Results of the Retail Operations Survey once again show strong growth and profitability by most food co-ops during the past year.

    		 077 July - August - 1998 January 9, 2004