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
    Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance
    BY Marilyn Scholl, Joel Kopischke

    In the January/February 2014 issue of Cooperative Grocer magazine, we introduced the Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance as a model for the co-op sector to steer our cooperatively owned

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Expanding to a Multiple-Store Co-op
    BY Jeanie Wells

    Your market study promises great sales. Developers are wooing you into their properties. Staff and shoppers are clamoring for more space.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    NCGA Development Advisors Help Co-ops Prepare for Growth
    BY Mandy Makinen

    In late 2012, National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) launched a new service designed to assist its member and associate co-ops in preparing for growth.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Approaching the Summit
    BY Stuart Reid

    Last June, cooperators from across the country gathered in Austin, Texas, to build a vision for future food co-op development in the U.S.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Local Cultivator Builds Relationships and Supply
    BY

    As the Port Townsend Food Co-op’s “Local Cultivator,” Brendon O’Shea is on a constant treasure hunt around Washington State’s Jefferson County for the best local products.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    People’s Food Co-op Manages the Farmers Market in Kalamazoo
    BY Chris Moore

    Last year, People’s Food Cooperative (PFC) in Kalamazoo, Mich., became the operator of our city’s 100-year-old Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Network News
    BY Staff

    CCMA Conference Promises Learning, Leadership, Laughs

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Of Kale and Capital: Go Co-op!
    BY

    Trust, local investment, and a strong and supportive food co-op.

    		 Endcap Articles March 25, 2014
    USDA Power Grab on Organics
    BY Mark Kastel

    The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) stands accused of a power grab after changing a fundamental decision-making process impacting organic food and agriculture.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Preparing Our Future
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Articles on shaping our future and an annual conference with the theme “Forward!” suggest that food co-ops continue to look ahead and to plan major improvements.

    		 171 March-April 2014 March 25, 2014
    Maine Food Co-ops: Tide is Up!
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    An impressive surge of expansion and new food co-ops is happening in many areas, and Maine is a great example.  The number of food co-ops in the state will soon double over recent years, it appears

    		 Endcap Articles March 12, 2014
    LEADer Spring 2014 Issue 23
    BY Lucinda Berdon, Gail Graham, Philip Buri, Marcia Shaw, Paige Lettington, Cindy Owings
    		 LEADer Board Newsletter March 1, 2014
    Farm Bill Gains and Missed Opportunities
    BY

    Local and regional food systems, organics, healthy food access, and rural development all received improved funding under the new farm bill as well as suffered from missed opportunities in the very

    		 Endcap Articles February 14, 2014
    The Co-op that Changed the South
    BY David Thompson

    It was a small cooperative store on a little-known island off the coast of South Carolina.

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance
    BY Marilyn Scholl, Art Sherwood

    Great leaders demonstrate how to be a force for good in local communities and beyond.

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Blueprint for a Cooperative Decade
    BY Marilyn Scholl, Art Sherwood

    The Blueprint for a Cooperative Decade is the overarching agenda for the ICA, its members, and the cooperative movement. It is a five-point plan with individual strategies:

     

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    A Fresh Look at Membership Recruitment
    BY Stuart Reid

    Community organizing evokes a -variety of images and reactions.

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Safety, Security, and Loss Prevention
    BY Michael Feiner, Paul Feiner

    Food co-ops may be some of the best-intentioned enterprises across the retail spectrum.

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Prepared Production Possibilities
    BY Josh Perkins

    A relative rarity not long ago, commissaries—dedicated production kitchens that supply retail sites with either shelf-ready or ready-to-heat prepared foods—have become an investment that is either

    		170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014
    Talent Planning for Successful Performance
    BY Lauren Olsen

    The saying “the only constant is change” is as true in co-ops as it is elsewhere. One of the best ways to deal with change is to plan for it.

    		 170 January - February 2014 February 6, 2014