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In his booklet Three Strategic Concepts for the Guidance of Cooperatives, Brett Fairbairn urges co-ops to place our relationship with co-op members at the center of our thinking and activiti |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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Kootenay Country Co-op is a 29-year-old cooperative operating in Nelson, British Columbia. We have been enjoying several years of financial stability and membership growth. |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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I recently had an opportunity to represent food co-ops at a forum for Social Justice in Agriculture, along with representatives from organizations representing farm workers, fair-trade initiatives, |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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The Swarthmore Co-op started in a garage in 1937, founded by local residents in search of less expensive and fresher food. The membership fee was $5, which remained in effect until December 2002. |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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People’s Food Co-op in La Crosse, Wis., started laying the groundwork for expansion years ago. |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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I briefly interviewed Don McLemore in late November, two months after his hiring as the CEO of the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA). |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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In their efforts to grow and govern democratic businesses, food co-op boards of directors need to look both inward and outward. |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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On Saturday, November 13, 2004, Bloomingfoods Market and Deli and its Encore Café helped cater a fundraising reception for The Kinsey Institute, celebrating the premiere of the Fox Searchlight film |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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You’ve been working on this project for more than two years. |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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It sounds remarkably like a late-night TV ad: “In just minutes a day, you can fulfill your outreach needs, please your core members, attract mid-level consumers, educate small children, and make yo |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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We can no longer (verb)_____ in isolation. Try these verbs: Learn. Vision. Plan. Invest. Be. Then try your own! |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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The word branding sometimes conjures images of bucking broncos, rodeos where livestock are marked with an indelible sign. |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is commonly known to directors and managers. It is a dimension open to interpretation—potentially as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. |
123 March - April - 2006 | January 21, 2009 |
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La Montañita’s two co-op locations in Albuquerque, New Mexico will soon be joined by two additional locations in the communities of Gallup and Santa Fe. |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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At 7:00 p.m. on December 15, Just Food opened its doors for the first time to a waiting crowd. |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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Almost four years ago, 28 financially troubled co-operatives in Atlantic Canada knew that struggling one by one they could not survive. |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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From the time that Congress passed the Organic Food Production Act (OFPA) in 1990 to the present, hot-button issues have persisted. |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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Seafood has become a hot topic on many cooperatives’ agendas as stores struggle to determine what kind of fish is “green” or caught “sustainably” enough to sell. |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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What are you in the market for?” Although this common phrase is used in every context from buying a car to a new office machine, it may be a question retailers should be asking their customers. |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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“Listen up! We’ve got a problem here.” |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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