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 Issuesort descending Date
    Washington Labeling Initiative Fails
    BY

    Although the final count is not in, here’s an initial report – http://grist.org/food/washington-gmo-labeling-initiativ

    		 Endcap Articles November 6, 2013
    Meat and Dairy Illustrate Resource Limits: EWG Report
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    Even as co-ops and other local food providers promote meat and dairy from pastured livestock, these advocates are confronted with drawbacks to a diet centered on those resource-intensive foods.
    		 Endcap Articles July 19, 2011
    An Italian View of "Co-op: Made in USA"
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    A new publication presents a dossier on U.S. worker-owned and consumer co-ops in the U.S.
    		 Endcap Articles March 8, 2012
    Updating "Who Owns Organic"
    BY

    The newest (2016) version of a very informative chart, “Who Owns Organics,” has been made available by its author, Dr.

    		 Endcap Articles January 28, 2016
    Fire Damages Sioux Falls Food Co-op
    BY Dan Nordley

    The Co-op Natural Foods Store in Sioux Falls suffered a devasting fire early on Sunday.

    		 Endcap Articles January 20, 2014
    Wendell Berry: "Local Adaptation is Work for Everybody"
    BY
    Author Wendell Berry gave the following brief but profound observations at "The Future of Food," a conference sponsored by the Washington Post.
    		Endcap Articles May 9, 2011
    Why Big Food is Winning
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Why has the food movement accomplished so little against Big Food in various campaigns to regulate and restrict the damage to the health of humans, animals, soil, and water by a system dominated by

    		 Endcap Articles October 5, 2016
    Just Label It – We Have a Right to Know
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    The campaign to require labeling of foods produced with genetic engineering is more powerful than ever.
    		 Endcap Articles October 10, 2011
    Isla Vista Food Co-op Purchases Its Home
    BY

    Through a grassroots funding campaign, along with lender support from NCB (National Co-op Bank) and NCDF (Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund), the Isla Vista Food Co-op has recently been abl

    		 Endcap Articles March 21, 2013
    Fukushima Radiation Reaches U.S. Food Supply
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    The devastating effects of the core fuel meltdown in at least three nuclear reactors at Japan’s Fukushima site are not limited to the immediate region – where many will suffer from its radiation, and
    		Endcap Articles June 2, 2011
    Organic Food is About Public Health
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Reducing the significance of organic food to its “healthiness” is a bit like reducing politics to a matter of “truthiness.” The recent Stanford University study (September 4, Annals of Internal

    		 Endcap Articles September 7, 2012
    Deadline for FMSA Comments Extended to November 22
    BY

    The Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA) threatens many small producers with food safety requirements more appropriate for much larger processors.  The deadline for comments has been extended to Fr

    		 Endcap Articles November 7, 2013
    Co-op Award Winners Announced at CCMA 2016
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Outstanding food co-ops and co-op leaders were awarded recognition at the June 2016 CCMA (Consumer Cooperative Management Association) conference in Amherst, Mass.

    		 Endcap Articles June 28, 2016
    New Study: A Manual for Multi-Stakeholder Cooperatives
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    Food co-ops typically have hundreds or thousands of consumer owners.
    		 Endcap Articles April 25, 2011
    Sugar Beet: Startup Co-op of the Year
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Sugar Beet Co-op (www.sugarbeet.coop) in Oak Park, Illinois, was presented the Startup of the Year award from Foo

    		 Endcap Articles June 14, 2018
    Lexington Co-op Opens Second Store
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Lexington Co-op in Buffalo, N.Y. opened its second store on July 12, 2017.

    		 Endcap Articles July 12, 2017
    America Beyond Capitalism
    BY
    In a recent article in "Dollars and Sense," Gar Alperovitz presents cooperative enterprise, especially worker-owned co-ops, along with other methods of democratizing capital -- an essential direction
    		Endcap Articles January 9, 2012
    Looking at Energy Use in the Food System
    BY

    These days, we’re all learning about our energy supply, whether we expected to or not -- and that includes advocates of a healthier food supply.  

    		 Endcap Articles May 13, 2013
    "Can Union Cooperatives Save Democracy?"
    BY

    An excellent and lengthy essay, Can Union Cooperatives Save Democracy? has just been posted by John Clay at his

    		Endcap Articles July 12, 2013
    Cooperative Ownership Gaining Attention
    BY

    The flowering of new worker-owned cooperatives and other innovative forms of economic democracy is slowly gaining more attention in various cities and through diverse media channels.

    		 Endcap Articles May 31, 2012