I concluded my previous column on growing our future by emphasizing the importance of greater alignment among stakeholders both within local cooperatives and within our cooperative sector.

At the CGN (Cooperative Grocer Network) annual meeting held during the CCMA conference, board and staff lauded the progress the organization had made in the last year.

Conflicts of interest are impossible to avoid within a co-op.

One of the more popular definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. And so it goes with our economy.

March 17, 2013, marks three years of Food Co-op Initiative (FCI), and we invite you to celebrate with us. What are we celebrating? 

Since we began our work,

Whether your co-op is at an early stage or a long-established business planning for expansion, one of the biggest challenges is the "Sources" side of your statement of Sources and Uses of capital.

In October, the world witnessed the International Climate Summit in New York City, sponsored by the United Nations, and an International Summit of Cooperatives in Quebec, sponsored by the Internati

When cooperatives work together to set aside funds to benefit groups in their local communities, the impact is multiplied.

Within a consumer cooperative, the purpose of electing the board of directors from among the owners is to democratically control the co-op.