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 ascending Date
    NCGA Expands Fresh and Regional Support
    BY C.E. Pugh

    At its 2013 fall meeting in Seattle, the National Cooperative Grocers Association’s (NCGA) designated representatives prioritized several areas in which NCGA could help fuel a strong and successful

    		 172 May-June 2014 May 29, 2014
    Co-ops Collaborate to Open More Stores
    BY Ellen Michel

    As food co-ops have visible impact in their communities, more and more people are involved in the effort of bringing a co-op to the place where they live.

    		 172 May-June 2014 May 29, 2014
    Fun with the Bowers Fund
    BY Ellen Quinn

    Thanks to your support of the Bowers Fund, approximately 20 people receive scholarships to attend the CCMA conference (Consumer Cooperative Management Association) every year! 

    		 172 May-June 2014 May 29, 2014
    Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation Celebrates 50 Years
    BY David Thompson

    Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (TPCF), founded in late 1964, is in its 50th year. TPCF sponsors the locally directed Cooperative Community Fund (CCF) program.

    		 173 July - August 2014 August 25, 2014
    Mastering Co-op Management, Spreading the Knowledge
    BY Jane Livingston

    In late 2012, Dan Arnett left Good Foods Co-op in Lexington, Kentucky, where he had worked for more than 13 years, to become general manager of Central Co-op in Seattle, Wash.

    		 173 July - August 2014 August 25, 2014
    Minimizing the Risk of Fraud
    BY Thane Joyal, Mark Goehring

    Loss prevention is a key piece of the retail grocery business.

    		 173 July - August 2014 September 10, 2014
    Investing in Our Cooperative Future
    BY C.E. Pugh

    At the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA), our vision is to see more food co-ops serving more people in more communities.

    		 173 July - August 2014 August 25, 2014
    Context Matters
    BY Michael Healy

    When it comes to numbers and data, context matters.

    		 173 July - August 2014 August 25, 2014
    Dear Doctor Hoyt
    BY Staff

    Cooperative Service: This year, there was no award recipient more obviously deserving than Dr. Ann Hoyt.

    		 173 July - August 2014 August 25, 2014
    2014 Brings a Diverse Crop of New Food Co-ops
    BY Stuart Reid

    This year’s new crop of food co-ops spans the country from Hawaii to the tip of Maine. Not surprisingly, there is as much diversity in the co-ops as in their geography. 

    		 173 July - August 2014 August 25, 2014
    Wave Goodbye, Wave Hello
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The annual food co-op milestones summary is presented at the CCMA (Consumer Cooperative Management Association) conference and reported in these pages.

    		 173 July - August 2014 August 25, 2014
    The Assets Picture
    BY

    A new summary of credit unions and U.S. banks, thanks to the Democracy Collaborative—for data sources, see www.community-wealth.org.

    		 174 September-October 2014 November 19, 2014
    Howard Bowers Day Dollars Target Startup Co-ops
    BY Annie Hoy

    I think it’s safe to say that cooperators are pretty stoked about the blooming “third wave” of new food co-ops organizing and opening now.

    		 174 September-October 2014 November 19, 2014
    Own, Use, Serve, and Belong
    BY Mark Goehring, Leslie Watson

    The Participation framework—Own, Use, Serve, and Belong—has been the focus of presentations and conversations by hundreds of cooperators at the regional Co-op Caf

    		 174 September-October 2014 November 19, 2014
    National and Local Co-ops Provide Startup Funds
    BY Suzi Carter

    In the past year, we in the startup food co-op community experienced a moment that worried us.

    		 174 September-October 2014 November 19, 2014
    NCGA Launches New Program to Support Co-op Sustainability
    BY Sheila Samuelson

    George Carlin may have had it right.

    		 174 September-October 2014 November 19, 2014
    Food’s Energy Footprint
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    To be unconcerned about sustainability and whether current practices can long endure, you would need to be Rip Van Winkle—suddenly awakened after 40 years by the rumbling, not of tenpins but of ear

    		 174 September-October 2014 November 19, 2014
    So Many Co-ops, So Little Time
    BY Adam Schwartz

    Whenever I am having a conversation with friends discussing the problems our society is facing, invariably one of them will say something like, “Adam, you think there is co-op solution for everythi

    		 174 September-October 2014 November 19, 2014
    Co-op Supports Apple Seeds and Healthy Choices
    BY

    Folks residing in Northwest Arkansas are about to get their hands dirty!

    		 174 September-October 2014 November 19, 2014
    Getting the Design Right
    BY Nicole Klimek

    The store design process is easy to research, and the basics are easy to comprehend: –Programming –Design development –Construction documents and administration –Construction and installation –Proj

    		 174 September-October 2014 November 19, 2014