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National Cooperative Grocers Association

 

NCGA - National Cooperative Grocers Association

National Cooperative Grocers Association

 About Membership

 

Food co-ops throughout the U.S. are eligible for membership in NCGA.Find out more about the requirements and…

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 26, 2011 at 6:49pm — No Comments

Residents holding out hope deal can save UCD’s Domes Solar Community Housing Association

Residents holding out hope deal can save UCD’s Domes

Janaki Jagannath pushes one of the four wheelbarrows used to deliver letters of support for the Domes community to administrators at Mrak Hall on Wednesday. Wayne Tilcock/Enterprise photo
Janaki Jagannath pushes one of the four wheelbarrows used to deliver letters of support for the Domes community to administrators at Mrak Hall on Wednesday.…
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Added by Mike Simpson on May 26, 2011 at 10:14am — No Comments

Factory Farms Produce 100 Times More Waste Than All People In the US Combined and It's Killing Our Drinking Water

"Factory farms are dangerous to the environment; they are ticking time bombs of manure just waiting to be spilled into public…
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Added by Mike Simpson on May 26, 2011 at 8:29am — No Comments

Four Reasons that Organic Food is Better than Conventional

Four Reasons that Organic Food is Better than Conventional

May 25, 2011 : Barth Anderson

I was talking to a friend the other day who said they didn’t believe that “certified organic” meant anything anymore, that…

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 26, 2011 at 8:27am — No Comments

PCC Natural Markets began as a food-buying club of 15 families in 1953.

About PCC

PCC Natural Markets began as a food-buying club of 15 families in 1953. Today, it's the largest consumer-owned natural food retail co-operative in the United States. PCC has nine stores in the Puget Sound region and is owned by nearly 45,000 members who shop (along with thousands of non-members) in our neighborhood locations and value our commitment to:…

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 20, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

2011 CHOW Training (Co-op Hands-on Work Training for Teens) · Public Event

2011 CHOW Training (Co-op Hands-on Work Training for Teens)

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 16, 2011 at 10:29am — No Comments

Davis Food Coop just won a (very hard to get) 2011 AIGA MN Design Show award for the Davis Food Coop brand design!

Hello Davis Coop Folks!

Bija - please forward this to the rest of the Davis Food Coop Crew.
We just got the news that the Davis Food Coop just won
a (very hard to get) 2011 AIGA MN Design Show award for
the Davis Food Coop brand design!
I've spent the morning sending out the news, So you
already may have seen the news about P6 winning. Biija,
This is a very honored design award for us and more
notably for…
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Added by Mike Simpson on May 16, 2011 at 10:16am — No Comments

Co-op Exhibit at Dartmouth

Co-op Exhibit at Dartmouth

Date: March 10-June 20, 2011

Visit the exhibit of Hanover Co-op history now through June 30, 2011. In 1936, seventeen Dartmouth College faculty families formed the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society, Inc. To honor the Co-op’s connection to the College and its 75 years of service to the Upper Valley community, an exhibit at Dartmouth College’s…

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 16, 2011 at 9:06am — No Comments

Coop Directory Service

Coop Directory Service

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 16, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union

Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union



As our charge drew us deeper into Tanzania, the nation's history with cooperatives grew more and more important. Around independence in Tanzania (1961) cooperatives were a strong force to be reckoned with: powerful grassroots organizations that were protected by the state. In the 1970s, Tanzania's first…

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 16, 2011 at 8:58am — No Comments

Does Your Family Play Co-operative Games?

Does Your Family Play Co-operative Games?

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 16, 2011 at 8:55am — No Comments

Making the Case for Social Media How co-op communicators can win over boards and managers

Making the Case for Social Media

How co-op communicators can win over boards and managers

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 16, 2011 at 8:54am — No Comments

Home Rule Takes a Beating

Home Rule Takes a Beating

Maine defeats food freedom bills

In the state that made international news this year when three towns passed afood sovereignty ordinance, two bills that…

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 13, 2011 at 9:46am — No Comments

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 12, 2011 at 12:09pm — No Comments

Co-op Living Workshop

Co-op Living Workshop

 

Anyone who has tried living as a co-op and those who would like to are invited to attend the workshop “Skills and Practices for Living as a Truly Co-operative Household” facilitated by Kevin Wolf who has 30 years of experience in co-op living and is a professional trainer in consensus processes.

 

The workshop, presented by the Davis Cooperative Community Network will take place at N Street Cohousing’s common house (716 N Street,…

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Added by Mike Simpson on May 10, 2011 at 3:44pm — No Comments

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