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30th May, 2013

Seven Steps to Re-energize your Cooperative Culture

By |2023-05-05T20:07:33-04:00May 30th, 2013|

By Adam Schwartz 166 May-June 2013 "Culture is to an organization what water is to a fish—it is the environment that exists all around us." If I asked you to describe the culture of your food co-op in one word, what would it be? How would you know if others in your organization feel the same way? There has been a good deal of [...]

7th Jul, 2015

Cooperative Communication Conundrums: Exploring paths to alignment and healing when a cooperative encounters controversy

By |2023-05-05T20:06:44-04:00July 7th, 2015|

By Thane Joyal 179 July-August 2015 To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives... The future is an indefinite succession of presents, and to live [...]

9th Sep, 2015

Amplify Cooperative Impact through Participation

By |2023-05-05T20:06:26-04:00September 9th, 2015|

The democratic structure of cooperatives allows people the opportunity to have a real influence on business goals and outcomes through their investment, patronage, feedback, and aspirations.  It’s one of the most defining features of cooperation, especially compared to other business models where social or environmental impact may be considered incidental.  In cooperatives, concern for community is one of our principles and purpose.  In 2012, [...]

22nd Jul, 2018

Using Marketing to Build Success: Making Cooperative Ownership and Governance Real

By |2023-05-05T20:05:14-04:00July 22nd, 2018|

By Rebecca Torpie, Thane Joyal 196 May-June 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. And for the owners of a cooperative that is under substantial market pressure (and what business isn’t?), everything the business does needs to match the needs and aspirations of the community that [...]

25th Apr, 2023

Assabet Co-op Market: Getting creative in the face of financial headwinds

By |2023-05-05T20:04:35-04:00April 25th, 2023|

Ten years ago, the Assabet Co-op Market recruited its first member-owners in the small mill town of Maynard, Massachusetts. Today, the co-op boasts more than 2,100 member-owners from 40 communities, and this spring they'll celebrate the grand opening of their 8,000 square-foot grocery store along the Assabet River. "It's been a pure grassroots effort from the beginning," says Lorne Bell, the co-op's operations coordinator. Bell estimates that he and co-op volunteers have "tabled" at more than 500 farmers markets, festivals, and community events over the years.

2nd Jul, 2015

Board’s Role in Expansion Projects

By |2023-05-05T20:06:46-04:00July 2nd, 2015|

No matter what kind of expansion your co-op wants to do, there are always hurdles to be overcome.  Everyone has them, although some projects come with a unique set of challenges.  The Hendersonville Community Co-op in Hendersonville, North Carolina has had numerous locations and expansions in its 30+ year history, but their latest expansion going from 3,800 to 8,000 square feet, required a re-working [...]

27th Sep, 2016

Video Field Guide: Membership Growth

By |2023-05-05T20:06:49-04:00September 27th, 2016|

Ben Sandel is a board leadership consultant and capital campaign expert working with startups and established co-ops helping them to reach their fundraising goals using best practices and clear planning gleaned from a multitude of successful fundraising efforts from food co-ops and startups nationwide. In this short presentation, Ben imparts some great top-level wisdom about how to plan and organize a successful campaign and [...]

16th Sep, 2011

Harrisonburg’s Friendly New Neighbor

By |2023-05-05T20:34:31-04:00September 16th, 2011|

By Ben Sandel 156 September - October - 2011 PDF download of article: pdf of article In March 2006, about 30 people came to a meeting at the Little Grill Collective restaurant in Harrisonburg, Va., to talk about starting a cooperative. The Little Grill had opened a 600-square-foot health food store (called The Little Store) in a rundown plaza on the poorer side of [...]

23rd Jan, 2025

Molly Phipps Offers Grant Writing Services

By |2025-01-27T17:42:06-05:00January 23rd, 2025|

We all want to do more with our co-ops: make a bigger impact, pay better wages, support our local non-profits. Sometimes the money to make that impact can come from operational profits, but at other times co-ops can turn to grants. Columinate consultant Molly Phipps has been grant writing since graduate school and has helped co-ops and other organizations write successful grant applications.

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