162 September-October 2012

Issue Number:

162

Issue Months:

September-October

Issue Year:

2 012

Issue's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
Working Together for Our Mutual Benefit BY Michelle Schry Food co-ops are experts at doing things the hard way. We are grassroots organizations—it comes with the territory.	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
Cooperation and the Transformation of Society BY Rose Marie Klee Wheatsville Co-op, established in 1976, has become a mainstay of the local business scene in Austin, Texas.	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
Public History at the Co-op BY Craig Harris In the summer of 2011, I was contemplating the daunting task of how to gather and recognize what would soon be 30 years of history for Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market in Wilmington, N.C.	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
The ABCs of POS BY Michael Copley What point-of-sale (POS) system does your co-op use, and how well does it work for you?” “Should we be recording cost of product in our POS system?” “How do you create a sale sign from your POS sys	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
Who’s Driving the Bus? BY Carolee Colter, Jeanie Wells As we go about our work of assessing organizational structures and conducting employee surveys in food co-ops, we frequently encounter an ongoing struggle between the marketing department (or lone	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
Engaging Members with Members BY Jake Schlachter Would house parties work for established co-ops to engage their members?” The question surprised me.	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
Ringing Out the International Year of Cooperatives BY National Co+op Grocers The International Year of Cooperatives is in its final months, and National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) and its member and associate co-ops continue to celebrate all of the ways that foo	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
Weaving Again for IYC BY Staff In honor of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives, cooperative organizations in Great Britain, the United States, and Canada have sponsored publication of a new edition of Weave	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
Domestic Fair Trade Association to Meet Nov. 12–14 BY Staff The Domestic Fair Trade Association (www.dfta.org) annual meeting brings together stakeholders from across the food and agriculture systems.	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
New Study Highlights Impact of Food Co-ops BY Staff A fascinating and detailed look at the impact of food co-ops has just been released by the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA).	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
Deeper Cooperative Visions BY Dave Gutknecht With a boost from the International Year of Cooperatives, the potential of cooperatives in addressing critical social and economic needs is gaining recognition—although perhaps not as rapidly as th	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012
Deeper Cooperative Visions BY Dave Gutknecht With a boost from the International Year of Cooperatives, the potential of cooperatives in addressing critical social and economic needs is gaining recognition—although perhaps not as rapidly as th	162 September-October 2012	September 25, 2012