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
    Prepared Production Possibilities
    BY Josh Perkins

    A relative rarity not long ago, commissaries—dedicated production kitchens that supply retail sites with either shelf-ready or ready-to-heat prepared foods—have become an investment that is either

    		170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Safety, Security, and Loss Prevention
    BY Michael Feiner, Paul Feiner

    Food co-ops may be some of the best-intentioned enterprises across the retail spectrum.

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    A Fresh Look at Membership Recruitment
    BY Stuart Reid

    Community organizing evokes a -variety of images and reactions.

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Participation and Democracy Deterred
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The cover section of this issue offers much on building democratic participation, a struggle with many manifestations—including the civil rights movement, forming new co-ops, and articulating a new

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance
    BY Marilyn Scholl, Art Sherwood

    Great leaders demonstrate how to be a force for good in local communities and beyond.

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    USDA Power Grab on Organics
    BY Mark Kastel

    The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) stands accused of a power grab after changing a fundamental decision-making process impacting organic food and agriculture.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Network News
    BY Staff

    CCMA Conference Promises Learning, Leadership, Laughs

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    People’s Food Co-op Manages the Farmers Market in Kalamazoo
    BY Chris Moore

    Last year, People’s Food Cooperative (PFC) in Kalamazoo, Mich., became the operator of our city’s 100-year-old Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Local Cultivator Builds Relationships and Supply
    BY

    As the Port Townsend Food Co-op’s “Local Cultivator,” Brendon O’Shea is on a constant treasure hunt around Washington State’s Jefferson County for the best local products.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Approaching the Summit
    BY Stuart Reid

    Last June, cooperators from across the country gathered in Austin, Texas, to build a vision for future food co-op development in the U.S.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    NCGA Development Advisors Help Co-ops Prepare for Growth
    BY Mandy Makinen

    In late 2012, National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) launched a new service designed to assist its member and associate co-ops in preparing for growth.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Expanding to a Multiple-Store Co-op
    BY Jeanie Wells

    Your market study promises great sales. Developers are wooing you into their properties. Staff and shoppers are clamoring for more space.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Preparing Our Future
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Articles on shaping our future and an annual conference with the theme “Forward!” suggest that food co-ops continue to look ahead and to plan major improvements.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance
    BY Marilyn Scholl, Joel Kopischke

    In the January/February 2014 issue of Cooperative Grocer magazine, we introduced the Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance as a model for the co-op sector to steer our cooperatively owned

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Strategic Leadership Is a Cooperative Effort
    BY Art Sherwood

    Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

    —Joel Barker, The Futurist

    		 172 May-June 2014 May 29, 2014
    Choosing Healthy, Sustainable Seafood
    BY Eli Penberthy

    Choosing seafood that is both sustainable and healthy can be challenging. Is it farmed or wild? Troll-caught or trawled? Alaskan or Chilean? Healthy or toxic?

    		 172 May-June 2014 May 29, 2014
    Bouncing Back in Boise
    BY Ben Kuzma

    Shortly after my arrival in Idaho at Boise Co-op in June 2011, Whole Foods announced that they would open a new store at a busy intersection just 1.2 miles away from our tucked-away neighborhood st

    		 172 May-June 2014 May 29, 2014
    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