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    Title Issuesort ascending Date
    A New Collaborative Platform for CGN
    BY Ellen Michel

    As we go to press, Cooperative Grocer Network is about to launch a new iteration of its website. Let’s take a look at its main features.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 13, 2015
    “To Be Happy, to Achieve Solidarity”
    BY Gail Graham, Rebecca Torpie

    A lot has changed in Cuba since the July 2014 visit by U.S. cooperators, reported in these pages by Stuart Reid (CG#175, Nov.¬Dec. 2014).

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 13, 2015
    Bringing Grocery Stores to Low-Income Urban Food Deserts
    BY Mary Stennes Wilbourn

    Food Access Terminology: Food Co-op Initiative uses the terms food desert as well as low access or limited access, along with underserved.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 11, 2015
    Thirty Years Before the Masthead
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015
    Welcome to the New CGN
    BY Ellen Michel

    I’m pleased to say that the new Cooperative Grocer Network (CGN) platform is up and running at www.grocer.coop.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015
    A Message from the CGN Board President
    BY Annie Hoy

    Having a place to ask questions, receive answers, give answers, and build relationships is an important part of our success as food co-ops and cooperators.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015
    Operational Wisdom from General Managers
    BY Thane Joyal

    Successful cooperatives are guided by strong boards, and those boards rely on strong individuals to manage the cooperative’s business enterprise with excellence.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015
    National Co+op Grocer Welcomes New Co-ops
    BY National Co+op Grocers

    National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is pleased to announce the addition of one new member co-op and four new associate co-ops to our organization. 

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015
    Premature Expansion Forces a Co-op Recovery
    BY Mary Overlie

    Everything I’m not happy about was because we didn’t implement it completely, not the system itself,” reflects Dennis Montgomery, former chair of the Harmony Co-op board in Bemidji, Minn

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015
    Let's Talk About Unions in Co-ops
    BY Heather Wright

    For several decades, only a handful of food co-ops across the country were unionized.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 3, 2015
    Diversity
    BY LaDonna Sanders–Redmond

    Simply having differences is interesting; doing something with them is powerful.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 10, 2015
    Boise CCMA Breaks Through
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    How will food co-ops differentiate themselves? How will they become more inclusive?

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 3, 2015
    Cooperating in a New and Nettlesome Era
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The market outlook for cooperatives specializing in organic, fresh, and local is more challenging than at any time in the past few decades.

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 3, 2015
    Let’s Talk About Engagement:
    BY Ellen Michel

    Cooperative Grocer Network (CGN) has always been about connection and engagement.

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 3, 2015
    Organic Industry Considers GRO Organic Proposal
    BY National Co+op Grocers

    Retail food co-ops have a vested interest in the continued success of organics.

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 3, 2015
    Milestones for the Bowers Fund
    BY Annie Hoy

    The Man. The Myth. The Grocer. The iconic Blues Brothers-ish image of Howard Bowers was fiercely evident during this year’s CCMA conference.

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 3, 2015
    Up and Running!
    BY Stuart Reid

    Eleven new food co-ops have opened since we reported last year, and as always, it’s a diverse group.

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 3, 2015
    Reaching the Co-op’s Owners
    BY Patricia Cumbie

    Food cooperatives have a special relationship with their owners and customers, but even the best relationships need to be continually nurtured and cultivated.

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 3, 2015
    Cooperative Communication Conundrums
    BY Thane Joyal

    To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic.

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 3, 2015
    Building Partnerships Across Race and Class
    BY Jade Barker

    Cooperative grocery stores across the country are making efforts to integrate their cooperatives across race and class. How did they get into this work? What are they doing?

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 4, 2015