Dates covered: October-November 1985 to present

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#148, july - august 2010

• CCMA Conference Highlights and Challenges By Dave Gutknecht
• Collaboration and Resilience By Eric Deluca
• Cooperative-Conscious Radio in Atlanta By Ahzjah Simons
• Marketing Matters 2010 By Ellen Michel
• Old Dog, New Tricks By Kelly Wiseman
• Prospects: Year 1, 25, 40… By Dave Gutknecht
• Take it from here: cool marketing implements for 2010 By Dave Gutknecht
• The Changing Face of Co-op Development By Stuart Reid
• Understanding Marketing Research By Debbie Suassuna

#148, may - june 2010

• A Cooperative Approach to Management Education By Erbin Crowell
• Emerging Eco-Labels By Lia Spaniolo And Phil Howard
• Food Co-op 500 Becomes Food Co-op Initiative By Staff
• NCGA Working to Get Organics Included in WIC Program By Jon Fogarty
• Self-Help Wanted By Dave Gutknecht
• Smile, Please, You're in Front of a Customer By Bruce Palma
• Startup Co-op Conference Shares Resources By George Huntington And Debbie Trocha
• Steps to Sustainability: It Takes Vision By Annie Hoy
• Telling Stories By Charli Mills
• Waking the Sleeping Giant By Marilyn Scholl, With Joel Dahlgren And Bruce Mayer

#147, March - April 2010

• Co-op Construction: Working on the Dream By Stuart Reid
• Co-op Principles Meet Slow Money Principles By Robin Seydel
• Co-ops Support Weaver Street Market By Mari Roseman
• Don’t Shrink Your Profits! By Mark Mulcahy
• Haiti Relief Through Cooperative Development Foundation By Staff
• Keeping Score By Allison A. Meyer
• Public Programs for Organic Operations By Cissy Bowman
• Redefining Prosperity, Building Resilience By Dave Gutknecht
• Tapping into the Passion and Energy of Members By Carol Spurling
• The Power of Collaboration By Jean Rogers

#146, January - February 2010

• A Cooperative Grievance Procedure By Carolee Colter
• A Faster Path to the Bottom Line By Mari Roseman
• A Recipe for Good Board Meetings By Michael Healy
• Chinese Delegates Visit San Diego Co-op By Staff
• Learning While Leaping By Michael Owens And Dan Gillotte
• Mondragón and the United Steelworkers By Erbin Crowell
• NCGA and Wedge Co-op Honored with dotCoop Awards By Dave Gutknecht
• Open Book Management By Terry Appleby And Steve Miller
• Shared Co-op Values, Multiple Stakeholders By Dave Gutknecht
• Uncovering History of Cooperatives, Labor and Communities By Stuart Reid

#145, November - December 2009

• Asking Powerful Questions By Thane Joyal
• Bringing Low-Income Shoppers into the Co-op By Clem Nilan
• Building a Cooperative Base and Future By Dave Gutknecht
• Certified Organic Personal Care Recommended By Dave Gutknecht
• Common Ground Food Co-op By Jacqueline Hannah
• Menus Get the Message Out By Julie Cross
• Michael Moore on Co-ops By Dave Gutknecht
• Organic Advocates Optimistic About New Appointments By Mari Roseman
• Payment Card Security Compliance By Tak Tang
• Tipping the Scales for Local Foods By Ken Meter

#144, September - October 2009

• An Evolution in the Coffee Aisle By Catherine Dilley And Thaleon Tremain
• Championing the Organic Label By Cissy Bowman
• Cooperating for Health Care By Rosemary Mahoney And Kelly Smith
• Expanding Co-ops and Fair Trade Networks By Dave Gutknecht
• Fair Trade Roundup By Erbin Crowell
• Global Warming on Your Plate By Dave Gutknecht
• Mississippi Market Opens By Nikki Reed
• PCC Cooks By Diana Crane
• Remembering Ivano Berberini By Erbin Crowell
• Sharing the Wealth of Knowledge By Stuart Reid
• Thinking Strategically By Marshall Kovitz
• We Are What We Sell By Ross Conrad

#143, July - August 2009

• All Atwitter in Seattle By Ellen Michel
• Buying the Farm By Tim White
• CCMA Crowd Enjoys Pittsburgh, Honors Achievements By Dave Gutknecht
• Celebrating Excellence and New Co-ops By Dave Gutknecht
• Evaluating the General Manager By Carolee Colter And Mark Goehring
• Guerilla Marketing in Isla Vista By Melissa Cohen
• Partnering with Customers By Chris Ryding
• Robynn Shrader Elected to Board of National Banking Co-op By Staff
• Steps to Effective Store Design By P.j. Hoffman
• Symbolic Gardens, New Faces By Mark Kastel
• Tallahassee’s New Leaf Market Flourishes in Expanded Store By Cristin Burns

#142, May - June 2009

• A Neighborhood Co-op Market By Elizabeth Ferry
• Bread Program Makes the Co-op a Neighborhood Destination By Tim Bartlett
• Cooperative Grocer Logo By Dan Nordley
• Introducing Desire for Change and Willingness to Take Risks By Bruce Palma
• Is ‘Green' a Cooperative Principle? By Paula Gilbertson
• Letters: Co-op Capital and New Co-op Laws By Donald M. Kreis
• Mind Your Meat, Part 3 By Robert Duncan
• Reaching Youth at coopsrock.coop By Ken Davis
• Recognizing Crisis, Sharing Opportunies By Dave Gutknecht
• Staying Healthy in an Unhealthy Economy By Mel Braverman
• Staying Open By Doug Walter
• Weathering the Storm, Greening the Store By Dave Gutknecht

#141, March - April 2009

• 2008 Grants and 2009 Plans at the Howard Bowers Fund By Ellen Quinn
• A Model for Ownership Succession By Suzette Snow-cobb With Kristin Howard
• Community Food Co-op in Bellingham, Washington By Staff
• Counting on Co-op Employees By Carolee Colter And Mary Courteau
• Explore the New Legal Flexibility By Joel Dahlgren
• Gold Is Where You Find It By Larry Brucia
• In Memory of Eric Kindberg By Cissy Bowman
• My Co-op Rocks! Video Contest By Mari Roseman
• Park Slope Food Co-op Is an Energy Star By Jeff Perlman And Hayley Gorenberg With Michael Bobker, Andy Mcnamara, And Bob Sauchelli
• Seward Co-op in Minneapolis By Staff
• Taking Policy Governance to Heart By Mark Goehring
• The Company Store and the Co-op Store By Dave Gutknecht
• Watchdogging Organic Standards By Goldie Caughlan

#140, January - February 2009

• A View from the CEO of National Co-op Bank By Charles Snyder
• Appreciating the Diversity of Member Needs and Motivations By Marilyn Scholl
• Chasing the Gap By Mead Stone
• Co-op Turns Neighborhood Loss into Second Store By Tom Mattox
• Co-operative Solutions in Hard Times By Russ Christianson
• Help Guide America into the New Age By Jerry Voorhis
• Making Money in Meat By Robert Duncan
• Mobilizing for Organics and Conservation By Dave Gutknecht
• Planning in Collaboration By Eric Deluca, With Clem Nilan, Peg Nolan, Erbin Crowell, And Kristin Howard
• Principles and Values of Co-operative Sustainability By Russ Christianson
• Remember the Member By David Thompson
• Sustainability Context- Economy within Society within Ecology By Russ Christianson
• The Fresh Competitive Advantage By Chris Ryding

#139, November - December 2008

• An Open Letter to the Farmer in Chief By Staff
• Carving Out Meat Profits By Robert Duncan
• Co-op Atlantic: End of the Saga? By Tom Webb
• Co-op Helps Build Local Business Alliance By Pam Mehnert
• Co-ops Rock! By Kelly Smith
• Collective Management By Bob Davis And Lori Burge
• Discussion Course on Cooperatives Receives Award By Rob Baran
• Food Co-op 500 By Stuart Reid
• Hiring a General Manager By Carolee Colter
• Howard Bowers Day 2008 By Staff
• Moving from the Fringe to Downtown By Clem Nilan
• New Cooperatives and New Alliances By Dave Gutknecht
• PCC Natural Markets Raises the Bar By Diana Crane
• Why Accounting Standards Matter By Mary Griffin

#138, September - October 2008

• $3 Billion in Sales by 2020-What Does It Take? By C.e. Pugh
• A Board’s Duty By Thane Joyal
• Acquisition Nearly Doubles the U.K. Cooperative Footprint! By David J. Thompson
• After the Deluge By Cissy Bowman
• Apples to Apples: By Kelly Smith And David Trechter
• Embracing a New Era By Dave Gutknecht
• Fair Trade Towns: By Sara Stender And David Funkhouser
• Fair Trade: By Carmen K. Iezzi
• Grants Announced for Organic and Cooperative Projects By Staff
• Grocery Shopping in a Recession By Julie Cross
• Local to Global, It’s All Connected By Dave Gutknecht
• Organic Agriculture, World Hunger, and Global Warming By Elizabeth Henderson
• Patronage Refund Systems That Work By Elizabeth Archerd
• Truckload Sales Drive Value By Jennifer Hileman

#137, July - August 2008

• Co-op Partners Warehouse By Lori Zuidema
• Co-Shop: Willy Street Co-op's online By Brendon Smith
• Credibility in Organic Production By Mark Retzloff, Marc Peperzak And Cissy Bowman
• Differentiating Your Co-op in Tough Times By Mark Kastel
• Extreme Makeover at Sacramento Co-op By Paul Cultrera
• Grow Co-op! By Dave Gutknecht And Dan Nordley
• La Montañita's Co-op Trade By Robin Seydel
• Managing Key Indicators By Mel Braverman
• Marketing Matters 2008: By Ellen Michel
• Payment Card Security Compliance By Chris Von Rabenau
• Retail Rock and Roll By Dave Gutknecht
• Still Drinking Policy Governance Lite By Heather Schmidt Albinger

#136, may - june 2008

• Advocating for the Organic Community in the Farm Bill By Steve Etka, Liana Hoodes, And Robynn Shrader
• Back on Our Feet By Kelli Reese
• Best Practices and Balancing Acts By Dave Gutknecht
• Co-op Challenged by Member Boycott Request By Linda Diane Feldt And Kevin Sharp
• Fair Trade Finance: Where Is Your Money? By Margaret Lund
• Learning from Boards that Deliver By Candace Dow
• Membership Is Ownership: By Marilyn Scholl
• Reader Survey Brings Praise… By Staff
• Thinking Outside the Co-op By Dave Gutknecht

#135, March - April 2008

• A Small Co-op Grows Greener By Kristine Kopperud Jepsen
• Budgets: By Michael Healy
• Co-op Grocers Unite When Disaster Strikes By Kim Kusnier
• Consumer Perception By Cissy Bowman
• Cooperative Development Fund Announces 2007 Totals, New Grants By Staff
• Domestic Fair Trade Association Launched By Grace Cox
• Hyde Park Co-op Closes After 75 Years By Dave Gutknecht
• Japan: Land of Cooperatives By David Thompson
• Letter to the Editor By Ed Maltby
• Lost River Community Co-op- By Debbie Turner And Andy Mahler
• Managing the Everyday Merchandising Puzzle By Jodie Buller
• Opportunities and Threats for Co-op Values By Dave Gutknecht
• Share the Pain, Share the Gain: Co-ops Network to Improve Point of Sales By Ellen Michel
• The Editors Notes By Dave Gutknecht
• What to Expect from a New Point of Sale System By Liz Mcmann

#134, Jan - Feb 2008

• Additional Stores: Expanding By Bill Gessner
• CGIN Unveils New Website By Staff
• Cornucopia Institute’s Complaints Expose Outlaw Factory Dairy Farms By Will Fantle
• Foodborne Illnesses and Practical Protections By Kenneth M. Odza
• Fostering Creativity: Marketing Matters By Ellen Michel
• Intensive Learning and Gardening at Co-op’s Urban Farm By Jon Mcgoran
• Living Dangerously: Food and the Future By Dave Gutknecht
• Minneapolis Co-op Contrast: Groundbreaking and Closing By Dave Gutknecht
• NCBA Trip to Singapore and Indonesia By Bob Noble
• Patronage Dividends: A Primer By Bruce Mayer
• Setting a Process for General Manager Compensation By Mark Goehring And Carolee Colter

#133, November - December 2007

• Elk Grove Case Study By Patricia Cumbie
• Farm Aid 2007 By Cissy Bowman
• From Conflict to Wisdom By Bentley Lein
• NCGA Partners with Retailers in Organic Fraud Detection By Kelly Smith
• PCC Natural Markets By Diana Crane
• Selling Clothing and Predicting the Future By Jeanne Lakso
• Soy Production Boosts Co-op By Joan D’argo
• Sticker Shock and Accurate Rings By Mark Mulcahy
• Transforming Meade Street into Green Street By Rob Baran And Jennifer English
• Warming to the Tasks at Hand By Dave Gutknecht

#132, September - October 2007

• Balance Sheets: By Mark Goehring
• Becoming a Community Hub By Paul Harton
• CCMA 2007: La Crosse, Wisc. By Dan Nordley
• Competition Drives Co-op Improvements By Patricia Cumbie
• Cooperative Expansion at La Montanita: By Robin Seydel
• Engaging Our Community to Create Shared Vision By Alex Gyori
• Evaluations That Inspire By Carolee Colter And Allen Seidner
• Finding Common By Kelly Smith
• More on Conflicts of Interest By Donald M. Kreis
• Seeking Sustainability, Planning for Disaster By Dave Gutknecht

#131, July - August 2007

• An Eaters’ Bill of Rights By Mark Mulcahy
• Blooming Prairie Foundation Announces 2007 Awards By Staff
• Marketing “Local” By Renee Brooks Catacalos
• Mentoring Startups: By Patricia Cumbie
• Reducing Turnover and Increasing Job Satisfaction in Food Services By Robin Hake
• Reducing Turnover and Increasing Job Satisfaction: What Worked By Robin Hake
• River Valley Market Celebrates Groundbreaking By Staff
• Seeking Sustainability, Planning for Disaster By Dave Gutknecht
• Sharpening Our Focus: By Dan Gillotte
• Support our Success: By Ben Nauman

#130, May - June 2007

• A Guide to the 2007 Farm Bill By Lisa Hummon And Defenders Of Wildlife
• Building a Sustainable Food System in the Age of Wal-Mart By Kevin Edberg
• Cooperative Grocer finds its Niche By Staff
• Exploring Sustainability:Co-op, Community, Global By Dave Gutknecht
• Foodservice Productivity: A New Metric By Allen Seidner
• Getting to the Heart of Organic By Dave Gutknecht
• Handling Emotional Conflict of Interest By Carolee Colter
• Is This Person For Real? By Deb Walton
• Pure Governance Versus Relative Governance By Larry Sadler
• Ready or Not…Competition is Coming to Town By Mark Mulcahy
• Should Food Retailers Promote Community Supported Agriculture? By Joan Tobin
• Sustainable Business Models for “Organic and Beyond” By Kelly Smith
• The Board Role in the Accountability Stream By Marilyn Scholl
• The Farmers Market: An Invitation to Play By Julie Cross

#129, march - april 2007

• 30 Years of Vitality By Randy Whitteker
• Capitalization Strategies By Bill Gessner
• CGIN: 10 Years and Changes Ahead By Karen Zimbelman
• City Center Market By Rebecca Gaspard
• Credit Union Collaboration By Pam Mehnert
• Does Horizon Think We Just Fell Off the Turnip Truck? By Mark Alan Kastel
• End of a Transition By Robynn Shrader
• Imbalance Sheets By Dave Gutknecht
• It’s all Connected! It’s all Alive! By Steve Cooke, Ellen Michel, Sarna Salzman
• Task Force Eyes Cooperative Equity Fund By Margaret Lund And Rebecca Dunn

#128, January - February 2007

• Adding Widgets, Blurring Accountability By James Morgan
• Defending Fundamentals By James Morgan
• Disasters and Opportunities By Dave Gutknecht
• Get Up, Stand Up! By Mark Mulcahy
• Meet in the Middle By Denise Chevalier
• New Developments at Food Co-op 500 By Richard Dines
• Old Bakery…New Co-op By James Scothorn
• On Fundamentalism and Policy Governance By James Morgan
• Prepared Foods: Get Positioned for Success By Chris Ryding
• Preparing for Disaster By Carolee Colter
• Remembering Sid Pobihushchy By Tom Webb
• Scared Chipless By Cissy Bowman
• Where there’s fire there’s water By Annie Gaillard

#127, November - December 2006

• Beyond Organic By Barth Anderson
• Bigger Is Better By Sarah Lebherz
• Bringing Fair Trade Home By Erbin Crowell
• Cutting Edge in the Cotswolds? By Doug Walter
• Four Years Early By Francis Murphy And Lisa Smith
• Getting Down to Values By Cindy Owings
• Investing in the Cooperative Economy By Margaret Lund And Rebecca Dunn
• Locally Grown Conservation By Dave Gutknecht
• NCGA Signs National Purchasing Agreement By Kelly Smith
• No Bags Allowed By Donald Kreis
• Open Harvest Co-op Receives Federal Grant for Community Food Project By From The Lincoln Journal Star
• Organics and E. Coli By Cissy Bowman
• Principles of Domestic Fair Trade By Domestic Fair Trade Working Group
• U.K. Cooperatives on the Move By David Thompson

#126, September - October 2006

• Building Momentum By Kelly Smith
• Closing the ‘Gap’ By Mel Braverman
• Conservation, Everyone? By Dave Gutknecht
• Global Organics Bring New Challenges By Cissy Bowman
• Great Expectations By Mark Mulcahy
• How we built a Cooperative Model for a Livable Wage By Carolee Colter
• Outside the Footprint By Therese Martin
• Policy Governance: A New Look By Heather Schmidt Albinger
• Tell the Fair Trade Story By Nicole Chettero
• The Write Stuff and More By Pat Thompson
• What We Pay By Carolee Colter And Peg Nolan

#125, July - August 2006

• A Tale of Two Brands By Katherine Roseth
• Beyond the Basics By David Roang
• Chatham Marketplace Opens Its Doors By Tami Scwerin
• Cultivating Local By Mark Mulcahy
• Directors Find Gold at 50th CCMA By Candace Dow
• Feedlot Organic By Will Fantle
• Hot Time in Atlanta By Dave Gutknecht
• Nine Years and Counting @ CGIN By Karen Zimbelman
• Northwest Greening By Diana Crane
• Seeking Cooperative Alignment and Identity By Dave Gutknecht
• Strong Performance But Can We Sustain It?: (Market Survey) By Data Analysis Team*

#124, May - June 2006

• Act Now on Allergens By Michelle Schry
• Adding an E-Newsletter to the Media Mix By Steve Stroup
• Blooming Prairie Foundation Announces Grant Awards By Cooperative Grocer
• Co-op Management Master’s Degree Program: Lessons Learned By Jane Livingston
• Coordinating Communications By Ellen Michel
• Deli Signature Flavors—Your Private Label By Allen Seidner
• Doing It for Ourselves By Deborah Craig
• Food Co-op 500 By Richard Dines
• How Visioning Becomes Real By Bently Lein
• Manager Compensation By Carolee Colter And Peg Nolan
• Organic Mushrooms? Shiitake Happens! By Cissy Bowman
• Survey Highlights Gaps in Manager Compensation By Dave Gutknecht

#123, March - April 2006

• As Always, the Future Is Now By Dave Gutknecht
• Background: Lake Superior By Sharon Murphy
• Directors Find Value and Camaraderie By Candace Dow
• Growing Local and National Cooperative Communities By Robynn Shrader
• Making It Real By William E. Beaver
• Monitoring the Manager By Mark Goehring
• Opportunity Knocks in Moscow By Kenna Eaton
• Patience and Perseverance Yield Success By David Fowle
• Setting High Standards in Training By Mark Mulcahy
• Store Audits Reveal Benefits of Peer Review By Anya Firszt
• What’s New @ CGIN.coop? By Karen Zimbelman

#122, January - February 2006

• An Open Letter By Members Of The Ota
• Board Orientation, Training, and Education By Candace Dow
• Co-ops to Classrooms By Lisa Ford
• Future of Food—Future of Fun By Dave Gutknecht
• Home-Grown Talent By Carolee Colter
• Leveraging Benefits for Producer, Consumer Co-ops By Kevin Edberg
• Outpost Co-op Opens Third Milwaukee-Area Store By Margaret Bert
• Small Co-op Realizes Larger Vision By Tim Bartlet

#121, November - December 2005

• Building the Future By David Thompson
• Co-op Expansions Raise the Bar By Bill Gessner And Patricia Cumbie
• Cooperative Community Funds By Ellen Michel
• Farm Aid 2005 By Cissy Bowman
• General Assembly: Colorado By Dave Gutknecht, Photos By Peg Nolan
• Indivisible Capital, Indivisible Future By Dave Gutknecht
• Internal Service By Kelly Wiseman And Dawn Smith
• Ruling Prompts Controversy By Cissy Bowman
• Where Are You Growing? By Mark Mulcahy

#120, September - October 2005

• 5 a Day: Serving Good Health By Mark Mulcahy
• A Year Past Reorganization By Robynn Shrader
• Avoiding Post-Expansion Burnout By Bill Gessner
• Blooming Prairie Foundation Announces Grant Awards By Dave Gutknecht
• Co-op Power By Will Fantle
• Down the Drain? By Cissy Bowman
• Foodservice: Fast Forward By Christopher Ryding
• New @ CGIN By Karen Zimbelman
• Twenty Years Before the Masthead By Dave Gutknecht

#119, July - August 2005

• 500 Co-ops in 10 Years! By Marilyn Scholl
• Board Training at Two Startup Co-ops By Ann Marie Waterhouse
• Café Verde Expands Ann Arbor Co-op By Carol Collins
• CCMA Inspires Directors By Candace Dow
• Co-ops—Hold, Buy or Sell? By Cappy Talist And The Data Analysis Team*:(market/operations Survey)
• Conference Highlights Outstanding Contributions, Larger Challenges By Dave Gutknecht
• Demo Coordinators Add Value in Aisles By Mark Mulcahy
• Improving General Manager Compensation Packages By Carolee Colter
• In Tune with Food Trends By Haven Bourque
• Organic Ruling Updated,Hot Issues Remain By Cissy Bowman
• Where We Are, Where We’re Going By Dave Gutknecht

#118, May - June 2005

• A Smoother Road to Deli Margins By Allen Seidner
• Blooming Prairie: The Next Chapter By Anya Firszt
• Democracy in Cooperatives By Michael Healy
• Fair Trade Cocoa: North and South By Rodney North
• Georgia General Assembly By C.e. Pugh
• Harvey Case Tests National Organic Program By Cissy Bowman
• IS4C: Integrated System for Co-ops By Chris Von Rabenau
• Know where you’re going? Build cooperative capital By Dave Gutknecht
• National Organic Coalition Responds to Harvey Rulings By Robynn Shrader
• Small Town, New Building By Jerry Mcgeorge
• We Own It—At Last! By By Ann Marx
• Willy Street Co-op Triples Production Space at New Off-Site Kitchen By Anya Firszt
• Working Together Toward Sustainable Business By Ginger Oppenheimer And Derek Long

#117, March - April 2005

• Act Locally Against GMOs By Ken Roseboro
• Brand Readiness Hits the Road By Ellen Michel
• Carrots in the Classroom By By Julie Cross And Doug Walter
• Co-op as Store Becomes Co-op as Community By Mark Goehring
• Co-ops in the Present and Future Communities By Dave Gutknecht
• Growing New Mexico's Co-op Economy By C.e. Pugh
• Just Food Hits the Ground Running By Stuart Reid
• Keep It Fresh! By Mark Mulcahy
• Murky Water By Goldie Caughlan
• New Strategic Plan for CCC By Tom Webb
• Sustainable Seafood and the Tsunami By Niaz Dorry

#116, January - February 2005

• A Model for Cooperative Challenges By Michel Lafleur
• Avoiding Post-Expansion Burnout By Carolee Colter
• Bloomingfoods Caters Kinsey Coming Out Party By Ellen Michel
• CGIN: Online Community By Karen Zimbelman
• Co-op Boards and Why We Do What We Do By Dave Gutknecht
• Did They Get the Message? By Mark Mulcahy
• Don McLemore and the New NCGA By Dave Gutknecht
• Making Member Relations the Co-op's Organizing Principle By Peg Nolan
• New La Crosse Store and Restaurant Opens By Michelle Schry
• Removing the President of the Board By Deirdrie Lang
• Social Justice in Agriculture Forum By Robynn Shrader
• Swarthmore Co-op Gets a New Store By Jack Cavanaugh
• Taking Food Safety to the Source By Rosemary Fifield

#115, November - December 2004

• Busy Delis: a touch of Self-Help By Allen Seidner
• Cooperative Resurgence and Renewal By Dave Gutknecht
• GreenStar Rising By Patrice Jennings
• Making Movies By Ellen Michel
• NCGA Names CEO By Dave Gutknecht
• New Millennium, New Future By David Thompson
• Organics: New Board Members, New Questions By Cissy Bowman
• Ratios Rectified - and a Rebate Request By Walden Swanson
• Recovering from Financial Mismanagement By By Jonathan Mcgoran

#114, September - October 2004

• Against the Odds By Art Ames
• Cooperative Resurgence and Renewal By Dave Gutknecht
• Corporate Ownership By Mark Kastel
• Don’t Prove, Persuade By Elizabeth Archerd And Barth Anderson
• Expanding Co-op Community Funds By David Thompson
• Finding the One By Mark Mulchahy
• Food Alliance Certification By Thekla Fagerlie-madsen
• Howard Bowers Day October 9 By Mark Kastel
• Members Speak By Jim Johnson
• October Is Co-op Month By Mark Kastel
• Organic Community Celebrates Too Soon By Mark Kastel
• Small Town Success from Building Membership By Mel Braverman
• The Real Business of the Co-op By Peg Nolan
• What's in Community Contributions? By Dave Gutknecht
• What’s New @ CGIN By Karen Zimbelman

#113, July - August 2004

• 2003 Survey Shows Strong Growth, New Challenges By Patricia Cumbie And The Data Analysis Team
• Building Democratic Culture By Dave Gutknecht
• Co-op Awards Given at CCMA By Dave Gutknecht
• Directors’ Perspectives on the CCMA Conference By Candace Dow
• Field to Plate - Teaching taste to dietitians By Mark Mulcahy
• Reclaiming the True Meaning of Organic By Mark Kastel
• The Editor Notes By Dave Gutknecht
• Transitioning to a Restructured Organization By Robyn Shrader
• U.S. Worker Co-ops Unite! By Jane Livingston
• “It’s Not Really a Co-op” By Carolee Colter

#112, May - June 2004

• Annual Meetings By Ellen Michel
• Cooperatives Work for Organic Integrity and Funding By Robynn Shrader
• Creating a Culture of Food Safety By Rosemary Fifield
• Food, From Start to Finish By Jane Livingston
• Get Down, Get Ahead By Mel Braverman
• Local Co-ops Build national Presence By Dave Gutknecht
• Seeking Local Organic Producers By Cissy Bowman
• Seize the Moment By Allen Seidner
• The Editor Notes By Dave Gutknecht
• Tracking the Co-op’s Local Impact By Tim Bartlett
• Weaver Street Finds Success in Recruiting and Retaining Latino Staff By Helena Economo

#111, March - April 2004

• Anatomy of a Recovery By Tony Bedard And Bill Kooistra
• Eastside Food Co-op By Ginny Sutton
• GMOs: We Can’t Ignore the Consequences By Mark Mulcahy
• Kids Meet Natural Foods By Uli Koester
• Merger Saves Anoka Co-op, Expands Lakewinds By Kris Nelson
• Natural Food Training By Nancy O’connor
• NCGA Joins Organic Trade Association Leadership Circle By Robynn Shrader
• The Editor Notes By Dave Gutknecht
• The Spirit of Generosity By Bill Gessner
• What’s New @ CGIN? By Karen Zimbelman

#110, January - February 2004

• Build the Crew Before You Build the Walls By Mark Mulcahy
• Co-op Kanagawa By Yu Shibata
• Cooperative Accountability By Linda Stier
• Cooperative d'Alentour Grows, Links with Co-op Atlantic By Louise Brunelle
• Creative Solutions Bring New Look to Dated Store By Pam Mehnert
• Davis Co-op and Community Get Together for a Blood Drive By Kate Dreher
• From Corporate to Co-op By Carolee Colter
• Misguided Power Politics Make Us Sick - Grassroots Democracy Is the Cure By Kathy Lawrence
• Remodeling Plans By Dave Gutknecht
• The Editor Notes By Dave Gutknecht
• The Farmer and the Feds By Cissy Bowman
• When the Weather Gets Rough, Co-ops Are Tough By Tom Webb

#109, November - December 2003

• Farmer Co-ops vs. Plantations By Rodney North
• First Alternative, Second Store By Dana, Michelle, And Sonya At First Alternative
• Growing Out of the "Small Deli Blues" By Allen Seidner
• Italy's Emilia Romagna By David J. Thompson
• Minnesota Fair Trade Wild Rice By Barth Anderson
• Remember the Farmers By Cissy Bowman
• Report from Cancun By Mark Ritchie
• The Editor Notes By Dave Gutknecht
• Year One of the National Organic Program By Yancey Stanforth-migliore

#108, September - October 2003

• An Exchange on Organic Fiber Standards By Cissy Bowman And Katherine Dimatteo
• Building a Unified System By Robyn Shrader
• Canada's Co-op Atlantic By Tom Webb
• CGIN's New Web Services By Karen Zimbelman
• Demystifying Policy Governance By Linda Stier
• Naturally Northwest By Brian Schaeperkoetter
• People's Food Co-op Grows a Green Store By Miles Uchida
• Planning for Productivity By Mark Mulcahy
• Quincy Co-op: 25 Years, New Home By Lucinda Berdon
• Sustainable Ag Programs Under Attack By Kathy Lawrence
• The Editor Notes By Dave Gutknecht

#107, July - August 2003

• "We Need You to Be Successful" By Michael Funk
• Co-op Awards By None
• Directors at CCMA Get Refreshed Ideas, Renewed Commitment By Candace Dow
• Does Merit Pay Really Work? By Carolee Colter
• Food Co-ops Rock! By Dave Gutknecht
• Invest in Success By Patricia Cumbie And The Data Analysis Team*
• New Co-op Market Finds Success in Boulder By Steve Phillips
• Organics: Report from the Lone Star State By Cissy Bowman
• Planning for Productivity By Mark Mulcahy
• Retail Operations Survey 2002 Statistics By Patricia Cumbie And The Data Analysis Team*
• The Editor Notes By Dave Gutknecht
• Tidal Creek Triples Its Size By Sally Cobb And Hope Sutton

#106, May - June 2003

• Building the Cooperative Software Revolution By Barth Anderson
• Cooperative Grocers Associations in 2003 By None
• Deli Leader: Quest for the Best By Allen Seidner
• Eco-Labels By Cissy Bowman
• Is There an Education Foundation in Your Future? By Nancy O'connor
• NCGA Focused on Realizing National Potential By The Ncga Board Of Directors
• Practicing Policy Governance By Ann Waterhouse
• The Editor Notes By Dave Gutknecht

#105, March - April 2003

• Against War: A Co-op Primer By Dave Gutknecht
• Building a Foundation for Co-op Programs By Robynn Shrader
• Building Controversy in Bozeman By Kelly Wiseman
• Co-ops Take Action on GMOs By Lisa Ford
• Directors Encouraged to Attend CCMA By Candace F. Dow
• Eco-Labels   Truth or Consequences By Cissy Bowman And Juli Brussell
• Frontier CEO Describes Turnaround Progress, New Board Election By Andy Pauley
• Hunting Elephants and Taking Bus Rides: Leading a Fine Co-op Forward By Michelle Schry
• Joint Purchasing, Ready or Not! By Corinne Shindelar And Dave Schermerhorn
• Market Strategy: Three-Part Research By Peter C. Davis
• Sustainable Agriculture: Farm Bill Fractures By Kathy Lawrence
• The Farmer in the Deli By Mark Mulcahy

#104, January - February 2003

• A Good Servant to the Co-op Community By Patricia Cumbie
• A Suggestion for Co-op Survival By Joe Holtz
• Branching, Blooming, and Branding By Ellen Michel
• Building a Cooperative Virtual Chain By Robynn Shrader
• Can Co-ops Pay a Livable Wage? By Carolee Colter
• Co-op Devolution Part 2: By Dave Gutknecht
• Democracy Works By Paul Cultrera
• It's Winter, So Think Summer! By Mark Mulcahy
• Operational Improvement and You By Mel Braverman
• Understanding Organics By Cissy Bowman
• What's New @ CGIN By Karen Zimbelman

#103, November - December 2002

• 14 Carrots:
  New London Co-op By Sage Scott
• Cooperative Grocer and the National Cooperative Grocers Association Join Forces By Dave Gutknecht And Robynn Shrader
• An Update from the Frontier Co-op CEO By Andy Pauley
• Communicating "Co-op" By Patricia Cumbie And Peg Nolan
• Eastern Canada: Natural Food Co-ops See Growth, Threats By Tom Webb
• Farm Aid 2002 By Kathy Lawrence
• Grocery Co-ops Seek Organic Certification By Barth Anderson
• Japan Co-ops Endure Recession, Innovate By Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union
• Kootenay Thrives on Local and Organic By Lyn Cayo
• Mondragon Retail Strategy: Eroski Partnership Path By David Thompson
• Not Too Late To Integrate By Dave Gutknecht
• Ownership Matters! By Margaret Lund
• Sampling Equals Sales and Satisfaction By Mark Mulcahy

#102, September - October 2002

• CGIN Highlights New Services By Karen Zimbelman
• Helping Build a Thriving Future for Food Cooperatives By Marilyn Scholl
• Intensive Training Builds Staff Skills By Corinne Shindelar
• Making Bulk User Friendly By Adam Fischler
• Ocean Beach People's Co-op Goes Green By Mike Ferrill
• Blooming Prairie Proposal Offers Opportunity to Strengthen Our Retailer Network By Robynn Shrader
• Co-op Devolution: By Dave Gutknecht
• Gone Fishin'? By Cissy Bowman
• Making Grab and Go, Go! By Allen Seidner
• Wanted: By Kathy Lawrence

#101, July - August 2002

• Cooperative Grocer 2001 Retail Operations Survey By None
• Are Co-op Employees More Satisfied? Surveys Say So By Carolee Colter
• Atlantic Canada Merger After Eighteen Months: By Tom Webb
• Farm Bill Signed - But Not Yet Sealed or Delivered! By Chris Campany
• Pointing Resources Toward A Strong National Network By Robynn Shrader
• Produce Career: "If You're Gonna Stay, You Gotta Play" By Mark Mulcahy
• Strong Results, Debatable Future By Peg Nolan, Walden Swanson,
  Kate Sumberg, And Dave Gutknecht
• Think Virtual, Act Real By Dave Gutknecht

#100, May - June 2002

• "Reasonable Accommodations" Under the ADA By Ricky Berger
• A Common Vision? By Robynn Shrader
• CGIN News: More Resources Added to www.cgin.org By Karen Zimbelman
• Culture and Community Meet in the Produce Aisle By Mark Mulcahy
• Farm Bill: Fight to the Finish By Kathy Lawrence And Chris Campany
• Have You Registered Your .Coop Domain Names? By None
• Human Resources Survey By Dave Gutknecht, Peg Nolan, And Walden Swanson
• Stalking the Organic Asparagus By Cissy Bowman
• What's Next? By Dave Gutknecht

#99, March - April 2002

• "Your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore." By Dave Gutknecht
• Bioterrorism: A Call to Action! By Mark Mulcahy
• Cooperative Grocers Associations By Robynn Shrader
• Grassroots Deliver BIG Wins in the Senate -- Every Voice Still Needed in House-Senate Conference Committee By Kathy Lawrence And Chris Campany
• GreenStar Co-op:
  A Different Look at Growth and Expansion By Patrice Jennings
• In Corvallis, First Alternative Celebrates Its New Store By Laurie Heilman
• Your New Store: Meeting First Year Challenges By Bill Gessner

#98, January - February 2002

• An Exchange on Price and the Mainstreaming of Natural/Organic By Dave Gutknech
• Detroit's Cass Corridor Food Co-op Expands, Encounters Competition By None
• How Will Organic Rules Affect Retailers? By Cissy Bowman
• Improving Your Deli's Hot Case By Allen Seidner
• Maintaining Co-op Democracy By Ann Waterhouse
• Motivational Fit: By Carolee Colter
• National Co-op Advantage Program Set To Launch By Robynn Shrader
• The Long Road Back By Gail Graham
• Year Four: CGIN Progress and Plans By Karen Zimbelman

#97, November - December 2001

• At 50, Japanese Co-ops Emphasize Education and Food Safety By Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union
• Canadian Co-op Systems Thrive By George H. Condon
• Don't Buy That New POS System Just Yet! By Robynn Shrader
• Ends: Defining Your Cooperative Advantage By Linda Stier
• Farm Aid 2001 By Cissy Bowman
• Growing Retail Resources By Mark Mulcahy
• Growing Retail Resources By Karen Zimbelman
• In the News By Dave Gutknecht
• Mondragon's Eroski as a Mass Retailer By David Thompson
• UK: Aging Co-ops at a Crossroad By Cynthia Boudreau, the Atlantic Cooperator
  (moncton, New Brunswick)

#96, September - October 2001

• Arcata: Double Trouble By Taunya Stapp
• Chequamegon: Now Twice the Co-op By Julie Buckles
• Community Mercantile Meets Compressed Timeline By Jamie Wells And Nancy O'connor
• Construction Delays: Curses and Blessings By Denise Chevalier
• Countdown To USDA Organic By Cissy Bowman
• Expanding Cooperative Community Funds By David Thompson
• Food Co-op Triples Its Size By Rebecca Mizhir
• Getting Ready By Dave Gutknecht
• Graphic News From CGIN By Karen Zimbelman
• Information Technology Team Sees Co-op Benefits By Robynn Shrader
• It's Time To Act By Kai Siedenburg
• Natural/Organic Industry Outlook By George Southworth
• Valley Natural Foods Relocates By Charli Mills

#95, July - August 2001

• Cooperative Grocer 2000 Retail Operations Survey By Dave Gutknecht And Walden Swanson
• A Greater Velocity of Cooperation By Dave Gutknecht
• Cooperative Grocer 2000 Retail Operations Survey By Dave Gutknech
• Hiring in a (Still) Tight Labor Market By Carolee Colter
• Introducing the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture By Kai Siedenburg
• Opportunities and Obligations By Dave Gutknecht
• Panzanella: Fresh Ideas at Weaver Street Market By Ruffin Slater
• Pow-wows Not Pinballs By Allen Seidner
• RETAIL OPERATIONS SURVEY 2000 By Walden Swanson, Peg Nolan, And Dave Gutknecht
• Using Survey Data to Improve Co-ops By John Eicholz

#94, May - June 2001

• Are You Certifiable? By Mark Mulcahy
• Co-op Union Conflict Yields Problem-Solving Lessons By Pam Mehnert
• CoCoFiSt Tools Boost Southeast Co-ops By Mel Braverman
• Cooperative Grocers Associations By Robynn Shrader
• Cost Overruns and Expansion Problems By John Corbett
• For Today, For Our Future By Dave Gutknecht
• New Pioneer Opens Coralville Site By Dennis Maclearn, Ben Nauman, And Jennifer Masada
• Small Co-op, Big Leap! By Bob Copeland

#93, March - April 2001

• Co-ops Bowers Fund Grows By Howard Bowers Fund Trustees
• Got the AM/PM Blues? By Mark Mulcahy
• Human Resources Survey Gives a Close Look at Co-op Compensation By Walden Swanson And Dave Gutknecht
• Is Your Cutting Edge Dull? By Dave Gutknecht
• Organic Rule Still Needs Comments By Cissy Bowman
• Weaving a Cloth of Many Threads By Tom Webb

#92, January - February 2001

• A Member Linkage Tool Builds Policy and Action By Karen Zimbelman
• A Near Miss at Mississippi Market By Carolee Colter
• Developing Nirvana By Allen Seidner
• Location, Location, Location
  ...and Site, Site, Site:
  Co-ops are Retailers Too By Peter Davis
• Millennial Musings on Dot Co-op and Democracy By Dave Gutknecht
• NCGA Board Envisions Big Picture By Robynn Shrader

#91, November - December 2000

• Atlantic Canadian Co-ops Meet Globalization, Plan Merger By Tom Webb
• Create a Marketing "Profit Center" With an Effective Newsletter By Patricia Cumbie
• E-Merging Co-ops By Dave Gutknecht
• FMI Neighborhood Partnership Award Again Goes to a Co-op By None
• Italy's Co-ops Draw Strong Public Support By Margaret Lund
• One Hundred Years of Japanese Co-ops By None
• Organic Cotton: Growing Need and Supply By Mark Mulcahy
• Retailer Organic Certification: Coming Soon to a Store Near You? By Cissy Bowman

#90, September - October 2000

• Blooming Prairie: "The most important strategies are those that strengthen our retail members." By Jesse Singerman
• Northeast Cooperatives: "Together we will create a stronger cooperative system." By George Southworth
• Organic and Wild: A New Level of Standards By Mark Ritchie
• Produce: Train, Train, Train By Mark Mulcahy
• The Big Picture By Dave Gutknecht

#89, July - August 2000

• Conference and Survey Show Stronger Co-ops, Yet Many Challenges Remain By Dave Gutknecht
• Cooperative Grocer 1999 Retail Operations Survey By Dave Gutknecht And Walden Swanson
• Growing Co-op Community Foundations By David Thompson

#88, May - June 2000

• Advertising: Taking the Alternate Route By Ric Tedford
• Collaborating on Perishables By Allen Seidner
• Making Co-ops A Great Place to Work By Carolee Colter And Marilyn Scholl
• SPECIAL REPORT:
  Cooperative Grocers Associations By Robynn Shrader

#87, March - April 2000

• Diversity Training Challenges the Co-op By Kari Kaminsky
• Ins and Outs of Grocery Specials By Janda Grove
• Time To Reshape Cooperative Identity? By Annie Donovan And Sophia Raday
• What Cost Ignorance? By Mark Mulcahy

#86, January - February 2000

• Co-op Advantage Program: Midwest Stores Cooperate By Corinne Shindelar
• Conducting Member Loan Campaigns By Bill Gessner
• How Much Can I Borrow? By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Lessons from the Planning Front Lines By Karen Zimbelman
• Will You Burn Bright or Burn Out? By Mark Mulcahy

#85, November - December 1999

• Building Accountability By Mel Braverman
• CoCoFiSt Data Sharing Strengthens Co-ops By Joseph Jagiello
• Crafting Cash Flow Budgets By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• More Co-ops = More Co-op Difference By Fred Stapenhorst
• Planning Management Succession By Carolee Colter
• Produce Section Time Management By Mark Mulcahy

#84, September - October 1999

• Building Relationships With Financial Partners By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• From Home to Peru and Back By Dave Gutknecht
• Management Evaluation Under Policy Governance By Marilyn Scholl
• Manager on Contract Program Strengthens the Co-op System By Rochelle Prunty
• Pursuing a Co-op Controlled Label By Jeff Voltz

#83, July - August 1999

• Clarifying Board and Management Roles in Expansion/Relocation Projects By Bill Gessner
• Encountering Cooperative Extremists By David Fowle And Marilyn Scholl
• Global Organics: Christmas Every Day? By Mark Mulcahy
• Good News and Old News By Dave Gutknecht
• Promoting Organizational Healing: By Ann Waterhouse

#82, May - June 1999

• Building a Controlled Label Program By Mark Novak And George Southworth
• Democratic Management in the Real World By Carolee Colter
• Is It Locally Grown? By Mark Mulcahy
• Space Case: Make It Count By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Streamlined System Multiplies Members, Member Investment and Community Contributions By Karen Jeffries

#81, March - April 1999

• Are You Experienced? By Walden Swanson
• Co-op Legacy By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Lending to Natural Foods Cooperatives By Kerinne Mcnicholas, Sophia Raday And James Walker
• Two Stores and Growing: Bloomingfoods Market and Deli By George Huntington

#80, January - February 1999

• Building and Improving Membership Programs By Marilyn Scholl And Karen Zimbelman
• Relief for Human Disasters By Dave Gutknecht
• Retained Earnings or Returned Earnings? By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Staff Teams Build Effective Solutions By Terry Appleby
• Strong Training in Operations: Important for Strong Co-ops! By Patty Stockdale

#79, November - December 1998

• Disaster Preparedness By Carolee Colter
• Economics 101: Sunk Costs and Opportunity Costs By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Educating Staff About Nutrition By Ruth Blackburn
• The BIG Scoop By Jennifer Callen

#78, September - October 1998

• Building Financial Partnerships By Sophia Raday, Kerinne Mcnicholas And Annie Donovan
• Peruvian Percolator By Dave Gutknecht
• Using Policy Governance to Improve Board Leadership By Marilyn Scholl

#77, July - August 1998

• Annual Conference Gives Inspiration, Advances Cooperative Associations By Editor
• Mission Statement - or (Still) Missin' Statement? By Dave Gutknecht
• Radio Marketing Can Be Cheap and Powerful By Kelly Wiseman

#76, May - June 1998

• Promoting Pre-order Sales: By Aspen Olmstead
• Raising the Stakes? By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Using Brokers Successfully By James Watts

#75, March - April 1998

• An Agreement for Disagreements By Karen Zimbelman
• Finance Committee Finesse By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Pumping Deli Sales With Less Labor By Allen Seidner
• Understanding Distributor Dynamics By John Hatton And George Southworth

#74, January - February 1998

• All Your Board Can Be By Paige Lettington
• Knowing Your Mass Market Competition By George Southworth
• Transforming Workplace Culture By Carolee Colter
• Understanding Ratios By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund

#73, November - December 1997

• Building a Customer Service System By Marilyn Scholl
• LETTERS: Co-op Discounts, Co-op Democracy By Dave Gutknecht
• Using Financial Ratios By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund

#72, September - October 1997

• By Dave Gutknecht
• Review: Making Membership Meaningful By Karen Zimbelman

#71, July - August 1997

• 25 Years: Continuing Contributors By Dave Gutknecht
• Can We Help Build Inner City Co-ops? By Ellen Sturgis
• CCMA Highlights Needs and Spirit By Dave Gutknecht
• Food Co-ops Can benefit From National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives By Karen Frost
• Knowing Your Customers: By Paul Cultrera

#70, May - June 1997

• More on Mission and Capital By Dave Gutknecht
• Pay for Performance By Karen Zimbelman
• Salaried or Hourly? By Carolee Colter

#69, March - April 1997

• Mission or Missin' Statement By Dave Gutknecht
• Translating Operations into Financial Statements By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Winning Customer Service By Steve Rosen

#68, January - February 1997

• Dealing With Risk By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Linking Buying Clubs and Retails for Co-op Development By Deb Maynard
• Meeting Preparation: By Karen Zimbelman
• Social Capital and Membership By Dave Gutknecht
• The Basics of Taking Inventory By P.j. Hoffman

#67, November - December 1996

• Abuse -- and Answers By Dave Gutknecht
• Surveying Members on Membership By John Corbett
• Using the Spreadsheet Template By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund

#66, September - October 1996

• Assessing the Big Picture By George Southworth
• Financial Planning: A Context in Which to Measure Performance By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• Handling a Sexual Harassment Claim By Carolee Colter
• Merchandising Body Care and Supplements By Janda Grove
• Old and New By Dave Gutknecht

#65, July - August 1996

• Co-op Conference: Getting Out of Hand? By Dave Gutknecht
• Niche Glitch By Dave Gutknecht
• Running a Successful HBA Department By Jane Kennedy

#64, May - June 1996

• DEPARTMENT REVIEW: By Shade Gomez
• Discounts Provoke Discussion! By Dave Gutneckt
• Seven Steps to a Successful Membership Drive By Patricia Cumbie
• Working with Community Supported Agriculture for the Benefit of All By Bryan Carstens

#63, March - April 1996

• Discounts and Death By Dave Gutknecht
• Member Discounts By Scott Beers And Margaret Lund
• The Co-op Empowerment Stream By Bill Gessner
• What Co-op Employees Think By Carolee Colter And Karen Zimbelman

#62, January - February 1996

• Cooperative Principles Updated By Ann Hoyt
• Planning Deli Success By Steve Rosen

#61, November - December 1995

• Community Food Co-op By Jim Ashby
• Hiring A General Manager By Carolee Colter
• Merchandising Management By Marie Greenfield
• Past Year Fast Here By Dave Gutknecht

#60, September - October 1995

• Assessing Board Performance By Karen Zimbelman
• El Salvador Co-ops By Terry Appleby
• Managing Your Cheese Section By Ruth Romano
• Shopper Credit Cards and Member-Owner Benefits By Alan Mathewson

#59, July - August 1995

• Creating Boards That Lead By Ann Hoyt
• Generation Gaps By Dave Gutknecht
• Herbs / Supplements / Health and Beauty By Marcia Owings

#58, May - June 1995

• Cooperation Among Cooperatives By Dave Gutknecht
• From Nonprofit to Cooperative By Scott Anderson And Alan Mathewson
• Grocery: The Core of the Store By Pam Musante
• Northeast: Cooperatives Seek Integration By David Fowle
• You're Gonna Have to Serve Somebody By John Mabbott

#57, March - April 1995

• Hang Together - Or Be Hanged Separately By Dave Gutknecht
• Learning From A Failure By Gillian Butler
• Member Services, Education and Outreach By Theresa Carbrey

#56, January - February 1995

• Organic Bedding Plants Bonanza By Paul Skirvin
• Return to Co-op Atlantic By Jane Livingston

#55, November - December 1994

• Green Fields Anchors Main Street By Apple Ahearn
• Grievances: Doing the Right Thing By Carolee Colter
• To Condemn or To Condone? By Karen Zimbelman

#54, September - October 1994

• Local and Organic: Going Beyond the Expected By Paul Skirvin

#53, July - August 1994

• Co-op Principles Then and Now
  (Part 2) By David Thompson
• When a natural foods supermarket arrives in town, the co-op changes. By None

#52, May - June 1994

• First Alternative Upgrades Member Labor Accounting By Jim Cassidy
• Myths and Maxims for Co-op Boards By Karen Zimbelman
• Should Your Store Be Planning On Scanning? By P J. Hoffman

#51, March - April 1994

• By Karen Zimbelman
• The Perils of Co-Management By Carolee Colter

#50, January - February 1994

• Cooperative Views - from Appalachia to Atlantic Canada By Dave Gutknecht
• Making Two Co-ops Into One (Part 1) By David Barry
• The Potential of a Cooperative System: By Karen Zimbelman

#49, November - December 1993

• Local Buyers: Meet Local Growers By Jack Laurent
• Member Discounts: Boon or Bane? By Karen Zimbelman
• Staff Education Prevents
  A Generation Gap By John Corbett

#48, September - October 1993

• A Greater Share in Your Future? By David Thompson
• General Manager Evaluation: By Karen Zimbelman And Carolee Colter

#47, July - August 1993

• An Exchange on Regulation of Supplements By Bruce Silverglade Center For Science In The Public Interest
• Cesar Chavez: His Lifelong Links With Cooperatives By David Thompson
• Half Full -- and Half Empty By Dave Gutknecht

#46, May - June 1993

• A Participative Process of Cooperative Planning By James Marshall And Sandy Roberts
• Cooperatives Face Diversity Challenges By Dave Gutknecht
• Project Management for Cooperatives By Bill Gessner

#44, January - February 1993

• Americans with Disabilities Act: Reviewing Your Hiring Practices By Carolee Colter
• Pro-consumer? An Exchange on Co-ops and the FDA By Dave Gutknecht
• Should Co-op Staff Serve As Directors? By Karen Zimbelman

#43, November - December 1992

• Creating Successful Food Demos By Theresa Carbrey
• What is the President's Job? By Wendy Stafford

#42, September - October 1992

• Analyzing Your Store's Systems By Mary Myers And Walden Swanson
• Buying Clubs: Competition or Opportunity? By Northeast Cooperatives Management Team
• Member Labor Issues
  for Retail Food Co-ops By Nancy Moore

#41, July - August 1992

• Less is More: By Chris Quinn
• What We All Can Do Better By Gregory O'brien

#40, May - June 1992

• Bellingham Co-op: Moving Down The Relocation Road By Jim Ashby
• Business Plans: Doing the Groundwork By Mary Myers And Walden Swanson
• Co-ops and Environmental Action By Dave Gutknecht
• Employee Attitude Surveys: By Carolee Colter And Karen Zimbelman
• Michigan Federation Folds, Business Sold to North Farm By Dave Gutknecht

#39, March - April 1992

• Does Practice Reflect Purpose? By Karen Zimbelman
• Mississippi Market Manages Changes By Mary Corteau And Paul Eaves
• Tucson Co-ops Recover By Dave Gutknecht

#38, January - February 1992

• Babyseat Rental Program
  at Hanover Co-op By Andrea Williams
• Berkeley: Lessons for Co-op Leaders By Karen Zimbelman
• Co-op Principle 5: Continuous education By Fred Guy (adapted From co-op Times)
• Magic Mill Gains Co-op Market Share By Mel Braverman
• What Good Is A Business Plan? By Mary Myers And Walden Swanson

#37, November - December 1991

• Closing Mountain Warehouse By Joel Landau
• Co-op Distributors Close: Mountain Warehouse and WholeFood Express By Dave Gutknecht
• Disappearing Distributors By Dave Gutknecht
• Firing: When Worse Comes to Worse By Carolee Colter
• Making an End of It: By Theresa Carbrey And Denise Chevalier
• Setting Up The New Meat Department By Mark Braskie

#36, September - October 1991

• A "Non-Working, Non-Worrying" Member By Paul Cultrera

#35, July - August 1991

• Exemption Sought For Co-op Member Labor Programs By Shady Dejong And Kathleen Campbell
• Protecting Member Loan Programs By Karen Zimbelman

#34, May - June 1991

• Cambridge Central Square Saga By Richard Shortt
• Two Co-ops, One General Manager By Dave Berner
• Who Benefits From Co-op Member Labor? By Dave Gutknecht

#33, March - April 1991

• "We Live In A Political World" By Dave Gutknecht
• Orienting New Co-op Workers By Carolee Colter
• Preparing For Expansion By Bill Gessner
• Securities Laws And Co-op Member Loan Programs By Laddie Lushin
• Tax Deduction Supports Accessible Remodeling By Dave Gutknecht

#32, January - February 1991

• Member Labor, Member Loans Threatened By Dave Gutknecht
• Village Cooperation Builds A General Store By Julie Shively

#31, November - December 1990

• Putting Your Best Slate Forward By Mary Hooten Lee

#30, September - October 1990

• A conversation with Mark Ritchie on food and co-ops By None
• Turnover or Tenure: By Karen Zimbelman

#29, July - August 1990

• From a Monocultural
  to a Multicultural Organization By Katja Hahn D'errico
• Hello Goodbye: Conducting Exit Interviews By Carolee Colter
• Making the Minutes "Ours" By Karen Zimbelman

#28, May - June 1990

• Co-ops and the Three R's By Dave Gutknecht

#27, March - April 1990

• Abandoned Member Property Need Not Escheat to the State By Lottie Cohen
• Cooperatives and Multi-Culturalism: The Challenge of Difference By Katja Hahn D'errico
• New Leaf Market Finds New Life By Gretchen Hardin
• Real Work Yields Real Progress at Hanover By Harrison Drinkwater

#26, January - February 1990

• Co-opportunity Thrives Again By Melody Washington

#25, November - December 1989

• Cooperative Capital and Member Equity Systems:
  The Heart of Cooperatives By Dave Gutknecht
• Getting and Giving Employment References By Carolee Colter
• Shoplifting Prevention By Karen Brown

#24, September - October 1989

• Brattleboro Food Co-op:
  Coming of Age By Connie Vial Green
• Co-op as Gift: By Dave Gutknecht
• Co-op Education is About Cooperatives By Bob Schildgen
• Growth Possibilities By David Barry
• Operating a Deli for Fun and Profit By Rochelle Prunty

#23, July - August 1989

• A Review of Practices By Karen Zimbelman
• Maintaining Store Equipment By Phil Ricord
• Opportunity Knocks By Dave Gutknecht

#22, April - June 1989

• Davis Food Co-op: Turnaround Tale By David Thompson
• Equipment Acquistion:
  New or Used? By Phil Ricord
• Improving Performance:
  Conducting a Traffic Flow Analysis By Chris Quinn And Rex Stewart
• Understanding Audits By Randy Lee

#21, February - March 1989

• Are You Ready? By Karen Zimbelman
• Business Discounts
  for Co-op Members By Tim Bernthal
• Member Labor: By Gary Henderson
• Weaver Street Market: By Chris Quinn

#20, December - January 1988

• The Board's Role in Expansion Planning By Sharon Lake And Allison York
• Who Does What in Personnel, Part 2 By Carolee Colter

#19, October - November 1988

• Assessing the Adequacy
  of Your Co-op's Bylaws By Laddie Lushin
• Defining Your Market By Robert Sommer
• Development Directions By Dave Gutknecht

#18, August - September 1988

• Development Directions By Dave Gutknecht
• Enjoying Employing By Carolee Colter

#17, June - July 1988

• Controlling Your Inventory By Chris Quinn And Rex Stewart
• Dressed to Sell By Phil Ricord
• Should Co-op Staff
  Serve As Directors? By Karen Zimbelman

#16, April - May 1988

• Cooperation Among Cooperatives By Dave Gutknech
• Creating a Co-op Niche By Fred Stapenhorst
• Practicing the Art of Uncommon Courtesy By Dale Bramhall
• Signs Sell: By Phil Ricord
• What Your Lender Looks For By Marsha Krassner

#15, February - March 1988

• Bylaws: How Strong Is Your Co-op's Foundation? By Karen Zimbelman
• Personnel Files: By Carolee Colter
• Promoting the Co-op Store By Rex Stewart And Chris Quinn
• Store Security By Phil Ricord

#14, December - January 1988

• Confidentiality: An Issue for Co-op Boards By John Corbett And Karen Zimbelman
• Putting Your Best Slate Forward By Rex Stewart And Chris Quinn
• Taking Stock of Your Customer Service Level By Dale Bramhall

#12, August - November 1987

• Improving Store Security By Phil Ricord
• Remodeling for Fun and Profit By Rex Stewart And Chris Quinn

#11, June - July 1987

• Art Danforth By None
• Interview Guidelines: Getting to Know All About You By Carolee Colter
• Interview: Produce Backroom Handllng By None
• Management Reporting to the Board of Directors By Rick Stewart
• Remodeling for Fun and Profit By Rex Stewart, Assisted By Chris Quinn

#10, April - May 1987

• How to Critique a Business Plan By Walden Swanson
• The Past as Prelude By Art Danforth
• Warehouses Test
  Cooperation Among Co-ops By Earl Goddin
• When the Price Is Right By Rex Stewart

#9, February - March 1987

• Assessing Management Performance By Geoffrey F. Smith And Karen Zimbelman
• Interview: By None
• Pricing for Results By Rex Stewart
• Why Co-ops Die By Robert Grott

#8, December - January 1987

• Another Look at Member Labor By Dave Gutknecht
• Evaluating Co-op Boards By Sue Futrell
• Managing Working Members By David Barry
• Suggestion Box:
  As Good As a Ballot Box By Harrison Drinkwater
• Survival Issues By Dave Gutknecht
• The Co-op Difference and Capital By Dave Gutknecht

#7, October - November 1986

• Building an Advertising Strategy By Rex Stewart

#6, August - September 1986

• Characteristics of Effective Supervisors By Carolee Colter
• Formulating a Market Strategy By Rex Stewart
• Taking a Hard Look at
  'The Co-op Difference' By Ruffin Slater

#5, June - July 1986

• Determining Your Market Niche By Rex Stewart
• Director Compensation: They Deserve It -- Or Should By Karen Zimbelman And Margaret Goldstein

#4, April - May 1986

• Duties and Responsibilities of Cooperative Board Members By Kathryn Sedo
• Stormy Weather in California By Dave Gutknecht

#3, February - March 1986

• Keeping Staff Committed to the Cooperative By Carolee Colter
• Start Thinking Like a Member By Harrison Drinkwater

#2, December - January 1985

• By Kristine Kopperud Jepsen
• Director Recruitment:
  The Nominations Process By Karen Zimbelman
• Editorial By Dave Gutknecht

#1, October - November 1985

• Sales and Labor in 20 Retail Food Co-ops By Dave Gutknecht
• Editorial By Dave Gutknecht
• Keeping Our Mission, Changing Our System By John Sechrest And John Tappon
• New Pioneer: Successful by Working on the Basics By John Higgins
• Still Drinking Policy Governance Lite By Heather Schmidt Albinger
• What Would Your Board Do? By Karen Zimbelman

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