In March 2017, the CGN board met for a retreat just before and during the Up & Coming Food Co-op conference. During two days of deep conversation, we identified our chief initiative: working to

Retail grocery co-ops are as quintessential Vermont as the brilliant colors of our fall foliage, the hallmark herd of Holsteins on the pasture, or the one-room schoolhouse a

On the board of directors of a food co-op, one thing you can absolutely predict is that there will be unexpected tough turns in the road at times—and there’s a good ch

In 2016, National Co+op Grocers (NCG) embraced a new advocacy priority to address climate change within the context of food system sustainability and resiliency.

The Blooming Prairie Foundation is accepting applications for the 2018 grant cycle. 

Non-profits working in the following are encouraged to apply:

Earlier this month in Cincinnati, Ohio, roughly 150 worker co-op and union activists came together for the 

Vermont’s City Market/Onion River Co-op, formerly a large single-store operation, will open its second location in late fall 2017.

On the morning of September 13, 2017, Seattle-based PCC Natural Markets (PCC), the nation’s largest food market co-op, surprised members, shoppers and the Pacific Northwest

People starting many types of businesses in the U.S. use the support system and loan programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to help them get established.