Saint Paul, MN – National Co+op Grocers (NCG) – a sponsor and funder for the 2022 Co-op Innovation Awards – congratulates this year’s five awardees, each working to increase cooperative development in communities of color and communities living with low incomes.
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NCG Supports, Congratulates 2022 Co-op Innovation Award Recipients
NCG Celebrates the “100th International Day of Cooperatives”
St. Paul, MN – On Saturday, July 2, National Co+op Grocers (NCG) will join cooperatives worldwide in celebrating the 100th International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay).
NCG Condemns White Supremacy and Racially Motivated Violence
National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is heartbroken by this weekend’s senseless violence against the Black community in Buffalo, NY in a racially motivated domestic terrorist incident that took the lives of 10 people and wounded 3 more.
NCG Supports Reproductive Rights
Saint Paul, MN – NCG affirms the human right of bodily autonomy and the liberty for women, transgender and nonbinary people to make decisions about their own bodies, including health care decisions.
Food Co-ops Share Social, Environmental Benefits in 2021 Food Co-op Impact Report
National Co+op Grocers (NCG) announces the release of its 2021 Food Co-op Impact Report, celebrating the many ways food co-ops are working together to drive change in the food system and prioritize people’s wellbeing from the fields, to factories, cashiers to cooks.
NCG and Food Co-ops Raise More than $100,000 for Ukrainian Co-ops
National Co+op Grocers and its member co-ops have helped raise more than $107,361 for Ukraine’s cooperative businesses and its members.
NCG Partners with CDF’s Disaster Recovery Fund to aid Ukrainian Co-ops
Saint Paul, MN – Ukraine’s cooperative businesses and members are at risk as Russia’s invasion of the country enters day six. In a show of solidarity, National Co+op Grocers (NCG) has partnered with the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) and NCBA CLUSA to launch a fundraising drive to support the Ukrainian cooperative community’s immediate and ongoing needs during this time.
NCG Opens Applications for 2022 General Manager Coaching Award Honoring Co-op Mentor Bill Gessner
National Co+op Grocers this week is opening applications for the “Bill Gessner GM Coaching Award.
National Co+op Grocers Invests in Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund’s Food Box Program
NCG announces continued investment in Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund Food Box Program, connecting Black farmers who lost market share during the pandemic with families in their communities that don't have enough to eat.
Keeping Focus on Regenerative Supply Chains, NCG Moves Co+op Forest Program to Brazil
NCG's Co+op Forest carbon offset program continues to breathe fresh air into the environmentally and socially strained tropical supply chain.