154 May - June - 2011

Issue Number:

154

Issue Months:

May-June

Issue Year:

2 011

Issue's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
Cultivating Community Through School Gardens BY Nancy O'Connor Community Mercantile (The Merc) in Lawrence, Kan., welcomed six new employees to its ranks in the spring of 2010—not at all unusual for our co-op of 130 employees—but these enthusiastic employees w	154 May - June - 2011	April 27, 2011
Power Triggers, Seesaw Battles and Handcar Cooperation BY Art Sherwood Most would agree that a healthy board-general manager relationship not only makes the co-op run more smoothly, it is a critical connection between member-owners and operations in our democratically	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
Farming Cooperatively BY David Thompson The largest single farmer in Britain is The Co-operative Farms, a subsidiary of The Co-operative Group. They farm 55,000 acres at 15 locations throughout England and Scotland.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
Farm Tours in the Berkshires BY Matt Novik People in the Berkshires of Massachusetts love local food! They search for it at co-ops, farmers markets, CSAs and anywhere else they can find fresh food produced close to home.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
PCC Farmland Trust BY Kelly Sanderbeck PCC Natural Markets in Seattle didn't plan to start a nonprofit in 1999.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
Supporting Small Farms, Teaching Organic Agriculture BY Mel Lions, Heather Weightman Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Co-op began its partnerships with small organic farms in 1998 when it sponsored a farmer to attend The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at the U	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
Saving One Farm at a Time BY Paul Cultrera Like most food cooperatives, the Sacramento and Davis co-ops have longstanding and strong commitments to purchasing from and supporting local farms.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
Partnering Locally for a Food-Secure World BY Brwyn Griffin Food production and water are current issues for many regional planning commissioners who are awake, including ours in Jefferson County, Wash., where The Food Co-op is located.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
Location, Location, Location BY Debbie Suassuna When selecting a natural food co-op store location, there are a number of characteristics that can add to, or detract from, the store's opportunity for success or failure.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
The New Co-op Kids on the Block BY Stuart Reid When Food Co-op 500 was founded in late 2004, it took its name from Marilyn Scholl's challenge to the co-op community to build our sector to 500 storefronts within the next 10 years.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
Food For Change Movie Needs Co-op Support BY Staff More than 30 co-ops in 18 states have contributed to a unique film documentary about food co-ops, local economies, and food security.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
Reaching the College Crowd BY Mari Roseman Like no other generation, Gen Y gets the green movement. They've grown up with terms such as going green, triple bottom line, sustainable, organic, local.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011
In a Food and Fuel Fix BY Dave Gutknecht Local food projects highlighted in these pages are essential components of a future that in many ways will be much more constrained, requiring us to come closer to living within resource limits.	154 May - June - 2011	April 25, 2011