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Title Issue Date

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

181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 10, 2015

Food co-ops are hardly the only ones experiencing greater competitive pressures.

Endcap Articles December 7, 2015
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Food co-ops are hardly the only ones experiencing greater competitive pressures.

Endcap Articles December 7, 2015

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

181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 3, 2015

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

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

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

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

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

181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015

The Cooperative Foundation board of directors recently announced an additional $25,000 in grants for cooperative development (listed below)—bringing its 2015 grants awarded to nearly $90,000.

Endcap Articles December 1, 2015

“Silicon Valley loves a good disruption. So let's give them one.”

November 23, 2015
Astoria Co-op Grocery squashed its owner equity drive goal, raising nearly $30,000 to kickoff raising cash for a store expansion. 
November 21, 2015

Forty-five years after Kalamazoo’s People’s Food Co-op opened its doors to the public, the co-op’s management and shareholders continu

November 21, 2015

The ICA has published Guidance Notes to the International Cooperative Values and Principles, as part of its stewardship of the Statement on the Co-operative Identity. 

November 18, 2015

NOVEMBER 13, 2015 

Five years ago, Congress promised an overhaul of the nation's food safety system, passing the Food Safety Modernization Act.

November 18, 2015

January 4, 2013: Looking for a little weekend reading? The Food and Drug Administration has just the thing.

November 18, 2015

LEAP for Local Food has landed $40,000 in state and local grants to help build its long-planned 

November 17, 2015

An established Knoxville food cooperative is considering expansion to Johnson City, aided by an interested group of local residents.

November 14, 2015

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