Grow for the Good of the Movement
Martha Whitman, Board President La Montañita Co-op, New Mexico
Oryana 2020: A Vision for the Future
Steve Nance, General Manager Oryana Natural Foods Market, Traverse City, MI
Why Growth Matters
Sarah Christensen, General Manager Green Tree Natural Grocery, Mt. Pleasant, MI According to Green Tree Natural Grocery GM Sarah Christensen, planning for growth is not an option. You've got to 'Grow or Die'. This is an excellent short talk to incite and inspire.
Cooperation: An engine for good
Carol Collins, Central Corridor National Cooperative Grocers Association
Engagement From the Grassroots
Bonnie Hudspeth, Outreach Coordinator Neighboring Food Co-op Association, New England Region Following the successful opening of Monadnock Food Co-op in Keene, NH, Ms. Hudspeth share tools and strategies that were effective and instrumental in the success of Southern New Hampshire's newest food co-op startup effort..
Governing With Excellence, Using Awareness and Discipline
By Thane Joyal 166 May-June 2013 Why is it that some of our retail food cooperative boards really make a powerful difference in their communities, while others flounder? What can we learn from strong boards, and what can we learn from those that are struggling? This article focuses on two key and interrelated practices: self-awareness, and self-discipline. These operate at two levels: at the [...]
Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance Part 2
By Marilyn Scholl, Joel Kopischke 171 March-April 2014 In the January/February 2014 issue of Cooperative Grocer magazine, we introduced the Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance as a model for the co-op sector to steer our cooperatively owned enterprises toward economic, social, and cultural success. It is the culmination of many years’ work with co-op boards of directors, seeking to answer this question: How can [...]
RVM: A Story of Community + Success
Rochelle Prunty, General Manager River Valley Market, Northampton, MA Hear about the River Valley Market's 5-year young journey from startup to profitability, along with all the wonderful benefits the enterprise now brings to it's community, local farms, and its membership.
How We Got Here: A Co-op History
Marilyn Scholl, of Columinate, (and not too proud to call herself the "designated co-op old fart") provides a succinct recap of the food co-op movement in the United States through history in order to glean lessons and learnings from the past. Scholl addresses the questions relevant to food cooperators in this new era of competition: How did we get here? Will we survive? The [...]
Why Growth Matters at Viroqua
Jan Rasikas, General Manager Viroqua Food Co-op, Viroqua, WI Hear why the Viroqua Food Co-op believes growth matters.