Ellen Michel
Author's Articles
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A nationwide wave of new food co-ops continues, supported by Food Co-op Initiative, National Co-op Grocers, CDS Consulting Co-op, CGN, and other collaborative support groups. |
December 17, 2014 | |
If your co-op has been active on CGN, you know that we rely on Account Managers as the gatekeepers and CGN connectors at their stores. |
January 20, 2015 | |
The CGN Annual Meeting will take place onWednesday June 29 at 2:30 Easternvia web conferen |
June 21, 2016 | |
Wednesday June 29 at 2:30 Eastern 1:30 Central12:30 Mountain 11:30 Pacific / 10:30 AK / 8:30 HI |
June 21, 2016 | |
As we go to press with this issue of Cooperative Grocer, the Cooperative Grocer Network (CGN) board is planning its involvement in the Up & Coming Conference taking plac |
March 6, 2017 | |
In March 2017, the CGN board met for a retreat just before and during the Up & Coming Food Co-op conference. During two days of deep conversation, we identified our chief initiative: working to |
January 27, 2018 | |
About the CGN board |
February 10, 2018 | |
The 8th North American edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit took place in San Francisco in late January. |
April 3, 2018 | |
How often have you heard it: “We don’t do a good enough job of telling our stories.” Like references to “the new normal” or the current never-ending chaos of political |
June 29, 2018 | |
It’s that second cooperative principle: Democratic Member Control. |
March 10, 2016 | |
While assembling this issue of Cooperative Grocer, I’ve been reading, rereading, and reflecting on its contents. |
October 21, 2018 | |
The Fall 2015 issue of The LEADer, Dealing with a Downturn, is available at the LEAD Program Space. |
Endcap Articles | October 6, 2015 |
Food co-ops are hardly the only ones experiencing greater competitive pressures. |
Endcap Articles | December 7, 2015 |
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104 January - February - 2003 | January 7, 2004 |
Annual meetings: you gotta love ’em. |
112 May - June - 2004 | June 9, 2004 |
At the CCMA conference in the Twin Cities last June, attendees were treated to screenings of two short films, each of which had been made the year before in a whirlwind of inspiration and homegrown |
115 November - December - 2004 | February 11, 2005 |
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 |
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 |
Steve Stroup, co-op and community development coordinator at Bloomington Cooperative Services (Bloomingfoods) in Bloomington, Indi., is busy working on a presentation to the Bloomingfoods board abo |
121 November - December - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
The co-op where I work in Bloomington, Indiana, is 30 years old this year, so we’ve been going through old boxes unearthing archival materials. |
124 May - June - 2006 | January 20, 2009 |