NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting: Morning Presentation with Reports, March 18, 2017

S I X T H A N N U A L M E E T I N G

“ D i v e r s e , I n c l u s i v e & R e s i l i e n t ”

1 8 t h M a r c h 2 0 1 7

G r e e n f i e l d C o m m u n i t y

C o l l e g e

G r e e n f i e l d , M A

NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017

NEIGHBORING FOOD CO-OP

ASSOCIATIONEveryone is Welcome!

Co-ops Celebrate Diversity: Everyone is welcome here.

Co-ops Are Inclusive: We are better when we work together.

Co-ops Build Community: Join your local food co-op today!

Want to know more? Please visit us at www.nfca.coop.

Suzette Snow-Cobb¡ President, NFCA

Board of Directors¡ Marketing &

Membership Manager, Franklin Community Co-op


WELCOME!

CONNECTICUTFiddleheads Natural Foods Co-op, New LondonHartford Food Co-op, Hartford (Start-Up)Mad River Co-op Market (Start-Up)Willimantic Food Co-op, Willimantic

MAINEGood Tern Natural Foods Co-op, RocklandPortland Food Co-op, Portland

MASSACHUSETTSAmherst Community Co-op, Amherst (Start-Up)Assabet Village Food Co-op, Maynard (Start-Up)Dorchester Communty Food Co-op, Dorchester (Start-Up)Green Fields Market / Franklin Community Co-op, GreenfieldHarvest Co-op Markets, CambridgeHarvest Co-op Markets, Jamaica PlainHolyoke Community Co-op Market, Holyoke (Start-Up)Leverett Village Food Co-op, LeverettMcCusker’s Market / Franklin Community Co-op, Shelburne FallsMerrimack Valley Food Co-op, Lawrence (Start-Up)Old Creamery Co-op, CummingtonQuabbin Harvest Food Co-op, OrangeRiver Valley Co-op, NorthamptonWild Oats Co-op Market, Williamstown

NEW HAMPSHIRECo-op Food Stores / Hanover Consumer Co-op, Hanover & LebanonGreat River Food Co-op, Walpole (Start-Up)Littleton Food Co-op, LittletonManchester Food Co-op, Manchester (Start-Up)Monadnock Food Co-op, KeeneSouhegan Valley Food Co-op, Milford (Start-Up)

New YorkGreenStar Co-op Market, Ithaca

RHODE ISLANDSouth County Food Co-op, South KingstownUrban Greens Food Co-op, Providence (Start-Up)

VERMONTBrattleboro Food Co-op, BrattleboroBuffalo Mountain Food Co-op, HardwickCity Market / Onion River Co-op, BurlingtonCo-op Food Stores / Hanover Consumer Co-op, White River JctDottie’s Discount / Brattleboro Food Co-op, BrattleboroGranite City Co-op, Barre (Start-Up)Hunger Mountain Co-op, MontpelierMiddlebury Natural Foods Co-op, MiddleburyMorrisville Food Co-op, Morrisville (Start-Up)Plainfield Food Co-op, PlainfieldPutney Food Co-op, PutneyRutland Area Food Co-op, RutlandSpringfield Food Co-op, SpringfieldStone Valley Community Co-op Market, PoultneyUpper Valley Food Co-op, White River Junction

For a searchable map visit www.nfca.coop/members

Co-op

Start-Up

Welcome to the Neighboring Food Co-op AssociationSixth Annual Meeting & Member Gathering!

1 . Bratt leboro Food Co-op, VT2. Buffalo Mountain Co-op, VT3. City Market, Onion River Co-op,

VT4. Co-op Food Stores / Hanover

Consumer Co-op, NH & VT5. Fiddleheads Food Co-op, CT6. Frankl in Community Co-op, MA7. Good Tern Co-op, ME8. GreenStar Co-op Market, NY9. Harvest Co-op Market, MA10. Hunger Mountain Co-op, VT11. Leverett Vi l lage Co-op, MA12. Litt leton Food Co-op, NH13. Middlebury Food Co-op, VT14. Monadnock Food Co-op, NH

15. Old Creamery Co-op, MA16. Plainfie ld Food Co-op, VT17. Port land Food Co-op, ME18. Putney Food Co-op, VT19. Quabbin Harvest Co-op, MA20. River Val ley Co-op, MA21. Rutland Area Food Co-op, VT22. South County Food Co-op, RI23. Springfie ld Food Co-op, VT24. Stone Val ley Community Co-op

Market, VT25. Upper Val ley Food Co-op, VT26. Wild Oats Co-op Market, MA27. Wil l imantic Food Co-op, CT


WELCOME, MEMBER CO-OPS!

1. Amherst Food Co-op, MA

2. Assabet Vil lage Co-op Market, MA

3. Dorchester Food Co-op, MA

4. Granite City Grocery Co-op, VT

5. Great River Co-op, NH

6. Hartford Food Co-op, CT

7. Holyoke Community Market Co-op, MA

8. Mad River Co-op Market, CT9. Manchester Food Co-op, NH

10. Merrimack Valley Food Co-op, MA

11. Morrisvil le Food Co-op, VT

12. Souhegan Valley Food Co-op, NH

13. Urban Greens Food Co-op, RI


WELCOME, START-UPS!

¡ Artisan Beverage Co-op¡ Associated Buyers¡ Co-operative Fund of New

England¡ CDS Consulting Co-op¡ Co-operative

Management Education, Saint Mary’s University

¡ Dorsey & Whitney LLP¡ Farm Credit East¡ Federation of Southern

Co-operatives

¡ FEDCO Co-op Seeds¡ Food Co-op Initiative¡ National Co+op Grocers ¡ National Co-operative

Bank (NCB)¡ New England Farmers

Union (NEFU)¡ UMASS Amherst¡ Cambridge Food Co-op

(NY)¡ Honest Weight Food Co-

op (NY)


WELCOME, PARTNERS & GUESTS!


SPECIAL THANKSTO OUR LEAD SPONSORS

¡ Board Report§ Bylaws Amendment

¡ Staff Report§ Erbin Crowell & Bonnie Hudspeth§ Legislative Update: Roger Noonan, New England Farmers Union

¡ Keynote Speaker§ Cornelius Blanding, Executive Director, Federation of Southern C0-

operatives / Land Assistance Fund¡ Lunch¡ Peer Networking Tables¡ Afternoon Workshops¡ Elections, Appreciations, Evaluations & Raffle


AGENDA FOR THE DAY

¡ Suzette Snow Cobb, President (Marketing & Membership, Franklin Community Co-op, MA)

¡ Glenn Lower, Vice President (General Manager, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, VT)

¡ Kari Bradley, Secretary (General Manager, Hunger Mountain Co-op, VT)

¡ Joanne Todd, Treasurer (Board Member, Willimantic Food Co-op, CT)


BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT

¡ Faye Conte (Board Member, City Market / Onion River Co-op, VT)

¡ David Durfee (General Manager, Wild Oats Co-op Market, MA)

¡ Kay Litten (Former Board Member, Co-op Food Stores / Hanover Co-op, NH & VT)

¡ Sue Miller (General Manager, Upper Valley Food Co-op, VT)

¡ Michael Wells (Board Member, Putney Food Co-op, VT)

Member Linkage¡Quarterly Reports¡Board Visits¡New Member

Outreach

Sustainability¡ In-Person Meetings¡Annual Retreat¡Staff Support¡Planning for

Longevity


BOARD PRIORITIES

¡ 6.3 Election; Number; Qualification; Term of Office.

…

The term of each Director shall be two three years, except that in the initial election, the Board of Directors may provide for staggered terms so that approximately an equal number of Director positions become vacant each year.


PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS

¡ Each Member Co-op has 1 Vote§ Associate Members (Start-Ups) do not have a vote

¡ Call for Motion¡ Second¡ Discussion¡ All In Favor (Raise your Red Voting Card)¡ Opposed (Raise your Red Voting Card)¡ Abstain (Raise your Red Voting Card)


PROCESS


SUSTAINABILITY: EQUITY

$- $10,000

$20,000

$30,000

$40,000

$50,000

$60,000

$70,000

$80,000

$90,000

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016


INCOME 2016

Member Dues70%

Other Income

16%

Frozen Foods

14%


EXPENSE 2016

Programs15%

Cost of Goods Sold

13%

Operations5%

Other Expense

4%

Personnel63%


QUESTIONS & FEEDBACK

Erbin Crowell &Bonnie HudspethSTAFF REPORT


Supporting shared success through…¡Peer Networking¡Marketing &

Education¡Regional Sourcing¡Organizational

Sustainability


OUR ACTIVITIES

Peer Networking

¡ Coordinated Support Calls¡ Regional start-up

conference¡ Peer networking event for

HR staff¡ 60th CCMA in New England

Marketing & Education

¡ Update Impact Statistics ¡ Develop UMASS certificate

program, internships

Regional Sourcing

¡ Associated Buyers partnership

¡ Farm to Freezer & Affordability projects

¡ Explore future product and staffing opportunities

Organizational Sustainability

¡ Open membership to ME and Upstate NY

¡ Opportunities for alignment with NCG


2016 PRIORITIES


PEER NETWORKING ACTIVITIES

¡Member Gathering / Annual Meeting

¡Healthy Food Access§ Quarterly Calls§ Cooperative Fund of New

England, Hunger Free Vermont, Project Bread

§ 2016 Survey

¡ Start-up Calls§ Monthly Calls§ Food Co-op Initiative

New in 2016¡40+ Start-up

Organizers from 14 Start-ups

¡Food Co-op Initiative¡Peer learning &

sharing resources


NEW ENGLAND START-UP DAY


HR STAFF PEER TRAINING


60TH CCMA IN NEW ENGLAND!


EDUCATION & OUTREACH

Raising awareness of the co-op difference…¡ Ads & Press¡ Regional

Conferences¡ Communicating

Our Impact¡ UMASS Co-op

Certificate

The bounty of the harvest season has passed, but you can still enjoy delicious, regionally grown produce — including frozen Blueberries, Organic Broccoli, Organic Edamame, Organic Green Beans, and Sweet Corn — from Northeast family farmers.Ask for them at a Food Co-op near you!

Eat Local — Year ‘Round!

The Neighboring Food Co-op Association /Neighboring @NeighborCoopswww.NFCA.coop/FarmToFreezer

Or find your Neighboring Food Co-op at www.NFCA.coop/Members

• BrattleboroFoodCo-op,Brattleboro,VT• Co-opFoodStores,Hanover&Lebanon,NH,&WhiteRiverJunction,VT• GreenFieldsCo-opMarket,Greenfield,MA• LeverettVillageFoodCo-op,Leverett,MA• MonadnockFoodCo-op,Keene,NH

• McCusker’sCo-opMarket,ShelburneFalls,MA• OldCreameryCo-op,Cummington,MA• PutneyFoodCo-op,Putney,VT• QuabbinHarvestCo-op,Orange,MA• RiverValleyCo-opMarket,Northampton,MA• SpringfieldFoodCo-op,Springfield,VT• UpperValleyFoodCo-op,WhiteRiverJunction,VT

GO

¡ UMASS Co-op Enterprise Collaborative

§ NFCA§ Valley Alliance of

Worker Co-ops § UMASS Amherst

Economics Department

¡ 2016 – 4 internships¡ Update of impact

statistics


INTERNS & IMPACT

Harnessing our shared purchasing power…¡Pilot Projects

§Farm to Freezer§Affordability

¡Associated Buyers partnership

¡Part-time Staff


REGIONAL SOURCING

¡First Full Year Since Relaunch

¡Available to All Member Co-ops

¡ 11,600 lbs of Northeast Grown and Processed Produce

¡Stock in place for 2017¡Food Co-ops as Food

System Innovators


RELAUNCH OF FARM TO FREEZER

NFCA Frozen Foods Promotion at Co-op Food Stores

Supporting long-term sustainability…¡Financial base¡Staff sustainability¡NCG alignment¡Expanded

membership base


ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY

Increasing our impact through collaboration…¡Cooperative Fund of

New England¡Valley Alliance of

Worker Co-ops¡UMASS Economics

Department¡Associated Buyers¡Food Co-op Initiative¡New England Farmers

Union


PARTNERSHIPS

Legislative Update¡Food Safety

Collaboration¡Farm Bill Realities¡Food System Dialogs¡More Members

Makes Our Voice Stronger


ROGER NOONAN, PRESIDENTNEW ENGLAND FARMERS UNION

Organizational Development

¡ Five new member co-ops in 2017

¡ Alignment with NCG toward success of food co-ops

Marketing & Education

¡ Update marketing identity and communications

¡ Develop UMASS certificate program, internships


2017 PRIORITIES

Regional Sourcing

¡ Sustainabil ity of Associated Buyers partnership

¡ Part-time support

Peer Networking

¡ Peer networking event for finance departments

¡ Co-host Co-op Café with CDS Consulting Co-op, Keene, NH, Nov 4th 2017


2017 PRIORITIES


YOUR FEEDBACK & QUESTIONS


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NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting: Morning Presentation with Reports, March 18, 2017