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    Title Issue Date
    A New Collaborative Platform for CGN
    BY Ellen Michel

    As we go to press, Cooperative Grocer Network is about to launch a new iteration of its website. Let’s take a look at its main features.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 13, 2015
    Getting Started with Expansion Planning
    BY Bill Gessner

    Expansion projects for food co-ops fall somewhere between a labyrinth and a maze.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 13, 2015
    Engaging the Whole Person in Succession Planning
    BY Sarah Dahl

    There are two commonly seen staffing problems in co-ops that may at first seem unrelated: 

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 13, 2015
    Better Tools for Startup Co-ops
    BY Jacqueline Hannah

    Bigger. Better. Stronger.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 12, 2015
    NCG Hosts Marketing Matters 2015
    BY National Co+op Grocers

    National Co+op Grocers (NCG) held its annual Marketing Matters conference July 8–10 in beautiful Boise, Idaho.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 12, 2015
    Mighty Marketers
    BY Annie Hoy

    I’ve been at this gig so long that I can remember when there wasn’t National Co+op Grocers (NCG) and there wasn’t Marketing Matters.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 12, 2015
    Understanding the Fair Labor Standards Act
    BY Sarah Dahl, Melanie Reid

    The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or FLSA, is a federal statute that provides certain protections to workers.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 6, 2015
    Cuban Meeting Ground
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Cuba is opening not only to more visitors but also to more cooperatives.Its food economy is shifting from centralized practices of the past to rapid cooperative development. 

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 4, 2015
    Seward's Friendship Store Opens on 38th Street
    BY external news source

    By: Michelle Bruch   Southwest Journal, Minneapolis MN

    Photo by William Hoben

    		 November 3, 2015
    Clintonville Community Market Closing Its Doors For Good
    BY external news source

    		 November 2, 2015
    One Big Reason REI Can Decide to Skip Black Friday
    BY external news source

    Washington Post:  One big reason REI can decide to skip Black F

    		 November 2, 2015
    Macomb Food Co-op Hosts USDA Grant Ceremony
    BY external news source

    MACOMB, IL -- The U.S.

    		 November 2, 2015
    Take Ownership During Co-op Month October 2015
    BY external news source

    http://racinecountyeye.com/

    		 October 8, 2015
    Viroqua Food Co-op GM Wins County Friends of the Cooperative Award
    BY external news source

    The Vernon County Dairy Promotion Committee and the Vernon County Cooperative Association will be holding their annual Dairy Gala at the Viroqu

    		 October 8, 2015
    Bemidji Food Co-op Gives Objibwe a Big Boozhoo
    BY external news source

    by Lee Egerstrom

    The Circle: Native American New and Arts

    		 October 8, 2015
    The LEADer – Dealing with a Downturn
    BY Ellen Michel

    The Fall 2015 issue of The LEADer, Dealing with a Downturn, is available at the LEAD Program Space.

    		 Endcap Articles October 6, 2015
    Recommendations from Mark Bittman: Farewell Column in the NYT
    BY

    A final and typically useful report by Mark Bittman signals the end of his column in the New York Times, a platform from which he has succinctly highlighted food justice questions, support

    		 Endcap Articles September 16, 2015
    Pilot Project Helps Local Farmers and Regional Food Security
    BY external news source

    A new regional co-op has begun operations with a pilot project helping local farmers get their goods to a broader range of markets.

    		 September 4, 2015
    Building Partnerships Across Race and Class
    BY Jade Barker

    Cooperative grocery stores across the country are making efforts to integrate their cooperatives across race and class. How did they get into this work? What are they doing?

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 4, 2015
    Cooperative Communication Conundrums
    BY Thane Joyal

    To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic.

    		 179 July-August 2015 September 3, 2015