130 May - June - 2007

Issue Number:

130

Issue Months:

May - June

Issue Year:

2 007

Issue's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
The Farmers Market: An Invitation to Play BY Julie Cross With more than 90 vendors, $2 million in annual sales, and a customer count that hovers around 7,000 each week, the Davis Farmer’s Market has moved beyond “quaint local tradition” straight into an	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
The Board Role in the Accountability Stream BY Marilyn Scholl Boards of directors are the critical link between owners and management in the accountability chain for a cooperative.	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Sustainable Business Models for “Organic and Beyond” BY Kelly Smith This article contains charts available only as pdf. Download pdf of article here.	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Should Food Retailers Promote Community Supported Agriculture? BY Joan Tobin Spring has arrived, and with it the promise of a new growing season replete with fresh, local, and organic fruits and vegetables.	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Ready or Not…Competition is Coming to Town BY Mark Mulcahy Do you remember those old Western movies where the settlers moving west would have to circle the wagons to better protect themselves from the arrows that seemed to be coming from all directions?	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Is This Person For Real? BY Deb Walton The anxiety of hiring a new employee can sometimes be overwhelming. Questions crowd your head… Is this person for real? Is it possible that someone this qualified wants to work for me?	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Handling Emotional Conflict of Interest BY Carolee Colter By now, probably most co-op boards of directors have a policy on conflicts of interest.	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Foodservice Productivity: A New Metric BY Allen Seidner This article contains charts available as a pdf. Download a pdf of the article here.	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Getting to the Heart of Organic BY Dave Gutknecht Each year in late February in LaCrosse, Wisconsin the largest U.S.	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Exploring Sustainability : Co-op, Community, Global BY Dave Gutknecht Sustainability: a traditional concept of recent coinage.	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Building a Sustainable Food System in the Age of Wal-Mart BY Kevin Edberg During a conversational lull at a co-op meeting a year ago, a rural electric co-op manager turned to a food co-op manager and asked: “So, Wal-Mart says it’s going to carry a lot more organic food.	130 May - June - 2007	January 20, 2009
Pure Governance Versus Relative Governance BY Larry Sadler To the editor:	130 May - June - 2007	May 15, 2007
Cooperative Grocer Finds Its Niche BY Dan Nordley As the city of Austin, Texas, was warming up for the South by Southwest music extravaganza in March, it held host to a unique gathering of niche magazines from across the country.	130 May - June - 2007	May 15, 2007
A Guide to the 2007 Farm Bill BY Lisa Hummon and Defenders of Wildlife The following summary was adapted from “Rural Updates,” the online newsletter of Defenders of Wildlife.	130 May - June - 2007	May 15, 2007