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Gyst – Maker to Market
Building a Triple Win:
Maker to Market “Food Accelerator” Goes from Farm to Retail
When a Living Wage Becomes a Demotivator
Updating Food Cooperative Member Labor Issues
Scenario Planning:
Organizing Your Blue Sky Thinking
Staying Connected:
National Co+op Grocers Newsletter for Board Members
How Municipalities Can Support Retail Food Co-ops
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June 19, 2018
Wellness Coordinator
Keweenaw Co-op
Hancock, Michigan
APPLY BY August 31, 2018
June 15, 2018
General Manager
Harvest Moon Co-op
Long Lake, MN
APPLY BY July 15, 2018
June 11, 2018
Store Manager
Placerville Food Coop
Placerville, CA
APPLY BY July 31, 2018
June 11, 2018
Finance Coordinator
Great Basin Community Food Cooperative.
Reno, NV
APPLY BY June 30, 2018
June 7, 2018
Kitchen Manager
Bluff Country Co-op
Bluff Country Co-op
APPLY BY July 20, 2018
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Sugar Beet: Startup Co-op of the Year
Sugar Beet Co-op (www.sugarbeet.coop) in Oak Park, Illinois, was presented the Startup of the Year award from Food Co-op Initiative (FCI) on June 2 at the Consumer Cooperative Management Association...
Harvest Co-ops around Boston Need Cash, or Will Close
The natural food stores need to raise $300,000 by August, the board told members.If you like shopping for bulk items, organic produce, and natural cosmetics at a member-owned store, double down this...
'Plant-based' Appeals to Consumers More than 'Vegan'
More than 80% of those surveyed by California-based food consultant Mattson say they prefer the term “plant-based” to “vegan” when describing a diet that avoids meat, dairy or any animal products,...
Scenario Planning and Forecasts
The Editor Notes March-April 2018
In a time of confused voices, it is important to expose what is merely denial, however comforting, and to state what is well-supported, however discomforting.When I read the article on scenario...
Nominate Candidates for Cooperative Excellence Awards
March 23 is the deadline for the 2018 Cooperative Excellence awards to be presented at the June CCMA (Consumer Cooperative Management Association) conference.  Sponsored by Cooperative Development...
Rosemary Mahoney Honored for Cooperative Service:
Induction into Co-op Hall of Fame
From the United States to Communist Eastern Europe to West Africa, few people have made more of an impact in fostering the cooperative movement on a global scale than Rosemary Mahoney. Across her 30...
Marilyn Scholl Recognized for Co-op Leadership:
Induction into Co-op Hall of Fame
Her name will be familiar to readers of Cooperative Grocer and this website—Marilyn Scholl has been a major contributor here for years, as well as the author of valuable food co-op resources such as...
Feb. 15 Deadline for Bowers Fund Applicants
Co-op education and training sholarships are regularly disbursed by the Bowers Fund, administered by the Cooperative Development Foundation.  February 15, 2018, is the immediately upcoming deadline...
2018 Cooperative Grocer Network Board Retreat
Before Up & Coming in Milwaukee, WI
In March 2017, the CGN board met for a retreat just before and during the Up & Coming Food Co-op conference. During two days of deep conversation, we identified our chief initiative: working to...
Cooperate and Differentiate
Many of today’s food co-ops lead their community and marketplace in key ways, though they do not have a dominant share of its total grocery sales. Co-op leadership can be seen in support for local...
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