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Imagine that your co-op’s board of directors simply disappeared for a year or two. What would happen? |
October 21, 2018 | |
In the world of food cooperatives, we often assume that the primary threats to our organizations’ success come from external sources. |
October 20, 2018 | |
Food co-op development is often described as coming in “waves.” The first wave co-ops emerged in the early 20th century in response to industrial conditions and the great de |
October 20, 2018 | |
In the fall of 2017, the Community Food Co-op in Bellingham, Wash., decided it was time to move from talking about diversity and inclusion to taking actionable steps to chan |
October 20, 2018 | |
Seward Community Co-op (Minneapolis, Minn.) began its equity work in the fall of 2013. |
October 20, 2018 | |
Named after the former manager of the Hyde Park Cooperative in Chicago, the Howard Bowers Fund is the embodiment of the 5th and 6th cooperative principles: education and tra |
October 20, 2018 | |
Real estate is often a co-op’s largest and least changeable asset. |
October 20, 2018 | |
A major loss for the co-op community was revealed Wednesday night, as the Jamai |
October 8, 2018 | |
Two widely used co-op education publications from the USDA are newly available in Spanish, thanks to the Cooperative Development Foundation and a grant from CHS Foundation: "How to Start a Co-op" |
August 3, 2018 | |
Harvest Co-op Members Asked Whether National Co+op Grocers Should Buy Co-op |
July 28, 2018 | |
BREMERTON -- The Kitsap Community Food Co-op is ready to move into the corner store. |
July 18, 2018 | |
The annual granting of CCMA awards for excellence and service is managed by the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF: cdf.coop) with assistance from past winners of these awards |
July 12, 2018 | |
At the end of May and the onset of June, a spirited crowd of 425 food co-op managers, directors, trainers, and allies met in Portland, Oregon, for three days of intens |
July 12, 2018 | |
Welcome to the board of directors... Here’s your crisis! |
June 29, 2018 | |
Welcome to the board of directors... Here’s your crisis! |
June 29, 2018 | |
How often have you heard it: “We don’t do a good enough job of telling our stories.” Like references to “the new normal” or the current never-ending chaos of political |
June 29, 2018 | |
About ten years ago I approached George Huntington, then general manager of Bloomingfoods Market and Deli, about partnering on a small regional conference for start-up food |
June 29, 2018 | |
June 28, 2018 | ||
My, how you’ve grown! |
June 28, 2018 | |
What does it mean to be an owner of a consumer cooperative? At the most fundamental level, cooperative ownership means that we are in business together. |
June 28, 2018 |