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    Title Issue Date
    Tips for Choosing a Designer
    BY Lisa Smith

    Budget and skill

    		 156 September - October - 2011 October 4, 2011
    Small Farms Create More Jobs
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    Gene Logsdon is a wise and delightful writer on food and farming.
    		 Endcap Articles September 14, 2011
    LEADer Fall 2011 Issue 13
    BY Marcia Shaw, Martha Whitman, Philip Buri, Cindy Owings
    		 LEADer Board Newsletter September 1, 2011
    Building a Healthy Local Foods Economy with Coopetition
    BY Ellen Michel

    Every so often a question will be put forth among co-ops that, in its simplified version, asks something like this: “Does your co-op support farmers markets and community-supported agriculture (CSA

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    Finding the Right Site for Your Co-op
    BY Debbie Suassuna

    When you are evaluating a natural food co-op store location, there are a number of characteristics that can add to, or detract from, the store’s ability to generate sales.

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    Marketing Matters Draws Largest Audience
    BY Gretchen Addison

    A record 100 attendees representing 66 food co-ops from across the nation convened in Minneapolis, Minn., May 4–5 for the National Cooperative Grocer Association’s (NCGA) annual Marketing Matters c

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    Awards at CCMA for Cooperative Service and Retail Excellence
    BY Staff

    The annual award for Cooperative Service went to Amber and Nicole Sallaberry of Reno, Nev., and the Cooperative Excellence Award went to Seward Co-op in Minneapolis, Minn.

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    Catching the Co-op Wave in San Diego
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    High spirits and stimulating conversations marked the 55th annual Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference in San Diego June 16–18.

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    A Call to Be Inclusive
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    In June, I was inspired once again by the annual CCMA conference of food co-op leaders, summarized elsewhere in these pages.

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    From Cool Ideas to Cooler Results
    BY Joel Kopischke

    Serving on a board has been some of the most rewarding work I’ve done in my life, but it rarely has provided instant gratification. And that’s appropriate—the board takes a long-term view.

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    Food Hubs Build Local Food Infrastructure
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Two USDA publications issued in 2010 provide useful reports on the challenges and advantages of “food hubs,” a concept that is central to the ongoing revival of local food systems.  These and other

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    Sharing Passions and Expertise with Startups
    BY Jake Schlachter

    On a Monday in May, I addressed a room crowded with attentive listeners who had come to hear how to add an income-generating activity to their food co-op organizing efforts.

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    The Politics of Cooperation: Exploring the Landscape
    BY Stuart Reid

    Cultivating cooperation, by its nature, means working with many different groups.

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    From the Ground Up
    BY Thaleon Tremain

    A growing category in grocery retail embraces farmer-ownership. What do Divine Chocolate, Ocean Spray, Tillamook, Organic Valley, and Florida’s Natural have in common?

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    Steps to a Solidarity Economy
    BY Elizabeth Henderson

    Cooperation among cooperatives is a basic principle of the co-op movement.

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 28, 2011
    Farmers and Consumers Together
    BY Erbin Crowell

    At the annual winter conference of the Vermont Northeast Organic Farming Association earlier this year, author and activist Bill McKibben congratulated those gathered on a cold, windy day in Burlin

    		 155 July - August - 2011 August 26, 2011
    Social Justice and New Food Co-ops
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    Jobs and access to food are urgent needs in many communities.
    		 Endcap Articles August 18, 2011
    LEADer Summer 2011 Issue 12
    BY Marcia Shaw, Martha Whitman, Lucinda Berdon
    		 LEADer Board Newsletter August 1, 2011
    Meat and Dairy Illustrate Resource Limits: EWG Report
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    Even as co-ops and other local food providers promote meat and dairy from pastured livestock, these advocates are confronted with drawbacks to a diet centered on those resource-intensive foods.
    		 Endcap Articles July 19, 2011
    E. Coli: The problem is industrial livestock
    BY Dave Gutknecht
    Don’t blame the sprouts. The E. coli strain causing death and illness in Germany, and other strains, originate in livestock and typically are spread through improper handling of manure.
    		 Endcap Articles June 8, 2011