Enjoy the archive of Cooperative Grocer magazine, with articles going back to 1985.

Use our full site search to look for articles by author, title, or topic. Our archive goes back to 1985!

Also available in the archives is LEADer, the NCG Governance Newsletter

    Title Issuesort descending Date
    Social Justice and New Food Co-ops
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    Jobs and access to food are urgent needs in many communities.
    		 Endcap Articles August 18, 2011
    TPP: Poison for Community Resilience
    BY

    Congress is being asked to “fast-track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would prevent many of its outrageous provisions, designed by and for multinational corporations, from getting the debate

    		 Endcap Articles January 16, 2014
    Visioning a Better Future of Business
    BY

    Advocates of cooperatives need allies with compatible visions of social change – including, most challengingly, visions that assume limits to growth and capital.

    		 Endcap Articles May 2, 2013
    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 February 5, 2016
    Co-operative Farms Acts to Protect Bees
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    The Co-operative Group, the U.K.
    		 Endcap Articles May 25, 2011
    50 New Food Co-ops in 5 Years!
    BY

    New food co-ops continue their very strong growth, with more than 50 new cooperatives opening stores since 2009 – and more opening in 2014.  These groups are located all over the U.S.

    		 Endcap Articles May 18, 2014
    "Drift": GMO Thriller by Co-op Author
    BY

    Set against the backdrop of turmoil in America’s food system, Drift, a thriller about GMOs (genetically modified organisms), has been written by Jon McGoran, a longtime Weavers Way Co-op c

    		 Endcap Articles August 26, 2013
    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
    Fresh Foods, Fresh Questions
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    Growth in fresh food sales – and “fresh packaged” – is at the heart of recent comments from the Hartman Group, a leading analyst of the natural/organic grocery industry whose research has influenced m
    		 Endcap Articles March 25, 2012
    Board Challenges and Co-op Failures
    BY

    A discussion on how to govern co-ops effectively, especially large ones, has been recharged by the recent closure of Co-op Atlantic.

    		 Endcap Articles January 20, 2016
    The Commons and Co-operative Commonwealth
    BY

    The 19th century cooperative movement also originated the cooperative land trust.  Both are part of longstanding campaigns to preserve the commons and the commonwealth against private concentration

    		 Endcap Articles December 4, 2013
    New Economy Gains Traction
    BY
    An excellent summary of organizations and ideas that are contributing to a new economy – based on cooperatives, wealth sharing, and conservation of resources – appears in both The Nation (June 13, 201
    		 Endcap Articles May 31, 2011
    Co-op Heroes Recognized
    BY

    Hosted by the Cooperative Development Foundation, the Cooperative Hall of Fame gives the highest recognition among U.S.

    		 Endcap Articles May 20, 2014
    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
    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