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 Issue Date
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Countering Myths About World Hunger
    BY

    World hunger is real and widespread -- but it is not for lack of food, rather lack of food justice.  Cooperators can help address these issues by being well-informed.  Here are two links to excelle

    		 Endcap Articles November 10, 2014
    "Consumer Groups Get It Wrong" -- Plus a new food safety report
    BY

    Adding to the earlier version of this story: National Sustainable Agriculture Committee has released a new report on food safety: “A Sustainable Agriculture Perspective on Food Safety.”

    		 001 October - November - 1985 November 4, 2014
    Building Democracy and Successful Worker Co-ops
    BY

    Excellent work and analysis on cooperative development continues to be found at community-wealth.org, a project of the Democracy Collaborative.  For people interested in cooperative development gen

    		 Endcap Articles October 20, 2014
    Elm City Market Demutualizes
    BY

    In an unfortunate action that is the first of its kind, at least for the current generation of food co-ops, Elm City Market in New Haven, Connecticut, has demutualized and is no longer a co-op.  Th

    		 Endcap Articles October 17, 2014
    October 15 Deadline for Bowers Fund Grants
    BY

    The next round of co-op training and education grants from the Howard Bowers Fund has an October 15 deadline.

    		 Endcap Articles September 17, 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
    The Assault on Organics
    BY

    An excellent report, "The Assault on Organics," appears in the current issue of Sound Consumer, from PCC Natural Markets, the Seattle-based consumer co-op: 

    		 Endcap Articles September 4, 2014
    LEADer Fall 2014 Issue 25
    BY Martha Whitman, Paige Lettington, Lucinda Berdon, Marcia Shaw
    		 LEADer Board Newsletter September 1, 2014
    Context Matters
    BY Michael Healy

    When it comes to numbers and data, context matters.

    		 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
    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
    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
    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