Ellen Michel
Author's Articles
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 While assembling this issue of Cooperative Grocer, I’ve been reading, rereading, and reflecting on its contents.  | 
                      October 21, 2018 | |
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 How often have you heard it: “We don’t do a good enough job of telling our stories.” Like references to “the new normal” or the current never-ending chaos of political  | 
                      June 29, 2018 | |
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 The 8th North American edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit took place in San Francisco in late January.  | 
                      April 3, 2018 | |
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 The Cooperative Grocer Network (CGN) board of directors held a retreat in early March 2017, before and during the Up & Coming food co-op conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  | 
                      191 July-August 2017 | February 10, 2018 | 
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 About the CGN board  | 
                      February 10, 2018 | |
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 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  | 
                      January 27, 2018 | |
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 Whenever cooperators congregate, it’s a gathering of the tribe that generates the joy of mutual recognition. Such was the case at the 2017 Up & Coming food co-op conference.  | 
                      190 May-June 2017 | July 1, 2017 | 
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 As I began to write this, the United States had just seen the largest day of protests in its history.  | 
                      189 March-April 2017 | April 2, 2017 | 
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 As we go to press with this issue of Cooperative Grocer, the Cooperative Grocer Network (CGN) board is planning its involvement in the Up & Coming Conference taking plac  | 
                      March 6, 2017 | |
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 During the past month, I had the chance to visit Great Basin Community Food Co-op in Reno, Nevada.  | 
                      186 Sept-Oct 2016 | September 27, 2016 | 
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 In May I attended the 2016 HOW Design Live conference, an annual event that conceives of problem-solving as one of the primary jobs of designers.  | 
                      185 July-Aug 2016 | July 23, 2016 | 
              
Wednesday June 29 at 2:30 Eastern 1:30 Central12:30 Mountain 11:30 Pacific / 10:30 AK / 8:30 HI | 
                      June 21, 2016 | |
              
The CGN Annual Meeting will take place onWednesday June 29 at 2:30 Easternvia web conferen | 
                      June 21, 2016 | |
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 Many of us are planning to attend CCMA (Consumer Cooperative Management Association) or other training events in the next few months, including the National Co+op Grocers (NCG) Marketi  | 
                      184 May-June 2016 | June 2, 2016 | 
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 Every organization in our network relies on board members to offer guidance, oversight, and a range of diverse skills and perspectives.  | 
                      184 May-June 2016 | June 2, 2016 | 
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 It’s that second cooperative principle: Democratic Member Control.  | 
                      183 Mar-Apr 2016 | March 28, 2016 | 
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 It’s that second cooperative principle: Democratic Member Control.  | 
                      March 10, 2016 | |
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 I’m writing this after a shopping trip to my hometown co-op, Bloomingfoods Market and Deli, where I worked for a dozen years as marketing and outreach manager.  | 
                      182 January-February 2016 | February 5, 2016 | 
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 Food co-ops are hardly the only ones experiencing greater competitive pressures.  | 
                      Endcap Articles | December 7, 2015 | 
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 I’m pleased to say that the new Cooperative Grocer Network (CGN) platform is up and running at www.grocer.coop.  | 
                      181 Nov-Dec 2015 | December 2, 2015 | 
