This presentation from the afternoon of Neighboring Food Co-op Association's Eighth Annual Meeting & Celebration includes the Neighboring Co-operator Awardee (Patrice Lockert Anthony), presentation on Addressing Climate Change:, and important upcoming event dates. The "Addressing Climate Change: From Advocacy to Operations" workshop covers how co-ops and their members can work together to differentiate ourselves as more sustainable, community-based businesses? Panelists include: • Terry Bowling, NCG, Facilitator • Cat Buxton, Board, Upper Valley Food Co-op • Kari Bradley, GM, Hunger Mountain Co-op • Ed Fox, GM, Co-op Food Stores

1. EIGHTH ANNUAL
MEETING
From Soil to
Sovereignty:
Good Food for All!
23 March 2019
Afternoon Sessions
Greenfield
Community College
Greenfield, MA
NEIGHBORING
FOOD CO-OP
ASSOCIATION
Images courtesy of Union of Concerned Scientists.

2. NFCA Eighth Annual Meeting 2019
THANK YOU, SPONSORS!
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3. ¡ Honors an individual who has
made a special contribution to
our vision & success.
¡ NFCA makes a donation to the
Howard Bowers Fund for Food
Co-op Education in honor of the
recipient of the award.
¡ Individuals and organizations
invited to join us in making a
charitable contribution in honor
of awardees.
For more information, visit
www.cdf.coop/nfca
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NEIGHBORING CO-OPERATOR AWARD

4. NFCA Eighth Annual Meeting 2019
NEIGHBORING CO-OPERATOR AWARD 2019

5. ¡ Peer Dialogues 1:00-2:15
¡ Afternoon Workshops 2:15-3:45
¡ Elections & Appreciations 3:45-4:00
¡ Evaluation & Raffle 4:00-4:15
¡ Adjourn & Depart 4:15
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AFTERNOON SESSIONS

6. A. Inclusion as Diversity &
Equity: Steps to Build
More Welcoming Co-ops
(This Room)
B. Navigating Challenges in
the Labor Market
(President’s Conference
Room)
C. Membership
Development Strategies
(C208 Multi-Purpose
Room)
D. Prepared Foods for Small
& Medium-Sized Food Co-
ops (Atrium Behind
Registration)
E. Food Co-ops & SNAP
Incentive Programs (N250
Humanities Studio)
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PEER DIALOGS (1:00-2:15)

7. This peer dialogue will explore
opportunities across the food co-
op structure-—from membership,
to Board governance, to
operations—to help make our co-
ops more welcoming and
inclusive by expanding diversity,
equity, and participation.
Discussion will include tools and
approaches for engaging and
serving more people in our
communities to increase our Co-
op’s relevance and impact.
Facilitators
¡ Darnell Adams, Firebrand
Cooperative, formerly
Dorchester Food Co-op
¡ Patrice Lockert Anthony,
President, GreenStar Co-op
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INCLUSION AS DIVERSITY & EQUITY:
STEPS TO BUILD MORE WELCOMING CO-OPS

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AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

9. A. INTEGRATING IMPACT INTO
CO-OP PLANNING: The
Balanced Score Card (C208
Multipurpose Rm)
B. ADDRESSING CLIMATE
CHANGE: From Advocacy to
Operations (This Room)
C. FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT:
Assessing & Demonstrating
Your Success (N250
Humanities Studio)
NFCA Eighth Annual Meeting 2019
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS (2:15-3:45)

10. Climate change is one of the most
challenging issues of our time. How
can co-ops and their members work
together to reduce its impact and
differentiate ourselves a more
sustainable, community-based
businesses? We’ll consider this
question from a number of
perspectives and invite dialog on
this question.
¡ Terry Bowling, Eastern Corridor
Development Manager,
National Co+op Grocers
¡ Cat Buxton, Board of Directors,
Upper Valley Food Co-op
¡ Kari Bradley, General Manager,
Hunger Mountain Co-op
¡ Ed Fox, General Manager, Co-op
Food Stores, Hanover Consumer
Co-op
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ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE:
FROM ADVOCACY TO OPERATIONS

11. Confidential and Proprietary Page 11
NCG Climate Change
• NCG is helping to reverse climate change by offsetting a portion
of our greenhouse gas emissions, providing resources to co-ops,
encouraging industry peers to take action, investing in organic
agriculture, and informing consumers about the connection
between food and climate.
• Like all of NCG’s advocacy activities, our work on climate change
is informed by our advocacy guidelines, which are regularly
reviewed and updated by the Advocacy Advisory Committee, a
group of co-op GMs and staff that meet with our advocacy senior
manager, Allie Mentzer. Currently Ed King (Littleton Food Co-
op) represents co-ops in the eastern corridor on the committee.
The guidelines inform NCG’s formal public position statement on
climate

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NCG Public Position on Climate Change
• National Co+op Grocers acknowledges that human-caused climate change poses a threat to a
habitable ecosystem and places the food supply at risk. As a result, NCG prioritizes efforts to
reverse global warming, particularly within the context of sustainable, resilient food systems that
are based upon regenerative organic farming and regional, cooperative supply chains.
• Recognizing climate change as one of the biggest issues facing the business community, NCG
demonstrates leadership by encouraging collaboration in pursuit of supply chain innovations that
reduce the food industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. To this end, the National Co+op Grocers
Climate Collaborative Awards, offered through the Climate Collaborative, were created to honor
natural foods companies making innovative and meaningful commitments to climate action.
• Additionally, NCG provides member and associate co-ops with resources to significantly reduce
their operations’ greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2012, NCG has been offsetting a portion of its
own carbon emissions by planting and protecting over 1.4 million native trees in the Co+op Forest,
a United Nations accredited program

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Co-op Forest
• Last year, NCG funded the planting or conservation of approximately 70,777 trees in the San
Martin region of Peru to offset 1,197 tons of carbon dioxide emissions associated with NCG’s 2017
business travel and utilities.
• The investment is NCG’s sixth annual contribution to the program pioneered by PUR Projet in
partnership with cocoa co-ops in and around San Martin. To date, NCG’s offsets have facilitated
the planting and/or protection of nearly 2 million trees in the Amazon.
• River Valley and Common Market have offset a portion of their emissions through Co+op Forest.

14. Confidential and Proprietary Page 14
Ten Ways to Reduce the Co-op Carbon Footprint
• Know your carbon footprint
• Seek energy efficiency
• Preventative maintenance on refrigeration:
• Low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants
• Culture and habits
• Zero waste
• Sales of local products
• Influence suppliers
• Renewable energy
• Carbon offsets

15. Confidential and Proprietary Page 15
Partners in Change
National Co+op Grocers and Partners Raise
$113,575 for The Carbon Underground’s
Initiatives to Restore Soil Health, Combat Climate
Change
The Carbon Underground works to connect
farmers, consumers, academia, businesses,
NGOs and governments to work collaboratively
to avert catastrophic climate change.

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NCG provides climate resources to co-ops
• NCG maintains the Co+efficient program, a custom online
program co-ops can use to track their sustainability metrics. NCG
has created resources for co-ops interested in improving their
carbon footprint, refrigeration efficiency, water use and waste
reduction, all of which impact climate. Co-ops can use
Co+efficient resources to set goals and improve those metrics, so
that we can aggregate all co-op data to produce national reports
on food co-op sustainability.
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• NCG is working with Cooperative Development Foundation
(CDF) to establish a Disaster Recovery Fund for NCG co-ops.
We piloted this last year by raising $27,000 to help Tidal Creek
recover from severe flooding after Hurricane Florence.

17. Confidential and Proprietary Page 17
NCG Informs Consumers about Food and Climate
NCG also publishes articles co-ops can share with their communities
on topics related to food and climate, highlighting Project Drawdown
research showing how organic agriculture, plant-rich diets, pasture-
raised animals, reducing food waste, and shopping co-op can help
reverse climate change. See the full list of climate articles on the
Co+op, stronger together website.

18. Confidential and Proprietary Page 18
Thank You!

19. Our co-op will be central to a
resilient and connected Upper
Valley community.
Because of all that we do, people in
the Upper Valley will have:
• Access to healthful, affordable
food
• A supportive market for local
farmers and producers
• Education and resources for
sustainable, healthful practices
• A place for community
connection

20. Customer Survey September 2018
Our Ends Statements are listed below. Rate us 1-10 o how we’re doing to reach
these goals. (1 is “does not meet goal”, 10 is “meets the goal”)
ACCESS Access to healthful, affordable food
MARKET A supportive market for local farmers and producers
EDUCATION Education and resources for sustainable, healthful practices
COMMUNITY A place for community connection

21. Upper Valley Food Co-op Average
# of Baskets per Day FY 2011
through FY 2018
Local farmers and producers – those growing produce and
health-related products within our local area which we
define as within Vermont and/or within 100 miles from
our Co-op.
• Access to healthful,
affordable food
• A supportive market
for local farmers and
producers

22. Lifting Up Local and Organic food at the store.
Our clear Co-op signs help
customers identify local products.
FY 2018 Over $568K in
local food sales!

23. Our current board visionary topics
Climate change
Community resilience
Diversity & Inclusiveness
Mind Map Activity
Where are we connected?
Who and what is missing?
• Education and resources for sustainable,
healthful practices
• A place for community connection

24. Lucas DeVries is seen in flooding in White River Junction, Vt.,
on July 1, 2017. (Photo courtesy - Kirsten Arnesen-Trunzo)
Our co-op is just behind
this church and across the
street
Planning for an Uncertain Future with a lot More Water
Flash flooding from the July 1, 2017
rain storm turned our hillside into a
waterfall. One of our buildings was
flooded, thankfully not the store! The
building and hillside have been
repaired at the expense of the Co-op.
The water was not from the river
below us, it came from the paved
areas uphill from our property.
• Education and resources for sustainable,
healthful practices
• A place for community connection

25. Impact Reporting
ØBased on Ends Policies
ØMeasure Success
ØBasis for reporting to Board, staff, members,
and beyond
ØBenchmarking
ØBasis for planning

26. Environmental Ends
• Minimize energy usage & carbon emissions
– Efficiency upgrades
– Renewable energy
– Relative impact
• Reduce waste stream
– Composting
– Recycle
– Reuse
• Sell and use environmentally-beneficial products
– Organic, local, eco, low impact

27. Electrical Usage
Renewable Electricity Generated:
• 13,398 kWh, 2.1% of overall usage

28. Enhanced Recycling
Amount Units
Bottle Caps 46 gallons
Wrappers 55.5 gallons
Plastic Wrap/ Packing
Material 74.5 bags
Pallet Wrap 45 bags
Breakroom Compost 596 gallons
Paper Towel Compost 21.5 bags
Twist Ties 10 gallons

31. Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society:
ENDS POLICIES
Because of the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society:
1. The Upper Valley will have a retail source of food that is affordable, healthy, grown and/or
processed locally to the fullest extent possible.
2. There will be economic value returned to the community via charitable contributions,
outreach projects, patronage refunds to member and other avenues.
3. Customers and staff will be better educated about food issues and, as a result, make
healthier choices.
4. There will be a vibrant cooperative sector in the economy, both nationally and regionally,
and a local community educated in the value of cooperative principles and enterprises.
5. The cooperative’s bioregion will have a vibrant local agricultural community and that
community will, in turn, have a reliable retail market for its products.
6. There will be a major source of employment in the community that provides personal
satisfaction to employees, livable wages and financial security for employees and their families.
7. There will be a thriving business organization that protects and restores
the environment.
8. Everyone engaging with our business shall be included, welcomed, and appreciated,
contributing toward more diversity, inclusivity, and equity in our Upper Valley community.
The Hanover Consumer
Cooperative Society
exists to provide
cooperative commerce
for the greater good of
our members and
community.
Seven distinct groups
comprise our members and
community: Co-op
members, Non-member
customers, Co-op staff and
their families, Local
suppliers, Local community,
Larger cooperative
community, Past and
future generations
of Hanover Co-op
members
Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society: ENDS POLICIES

32. ü Evaluate alternative energy sources as/when applicable.
ü Reduce refrigeration emissions
ü Selection of renewable energy sources in Electricity
portfolio.
ü Education for staff and members.
Hanover Co-op energy initiatives to meet Ends 7

33. Energy and Emissions
10%
35%
23%
32%
CO-OP EMISSIONS
Propane GHG Oil GHG Refrigerant Electric GHG
Quick Numbers
Propane: 77,365 gallons
#2 Fuel Oil: 14,141 gallons
Refrigerant load/used: 2759g 248*g
Electricity: 3,357,144 kwh
Highlights
Solar Hot Water
GreenChill Partner
Geothermal CCM

35. Energy and Emissions: Initiatives
Lebanon Solar Hot Water
• 1,300 gallons of hot water used
each day
• 15 evacuated tube solar hot water
collectors
• Will save the co-op over 500 tons of
carbon emissions over its lifespan (20
tons/year)
• Equivalent to planting 12,000 trees or the
electricity to power 60 homes

36. Energy and Emissions: Refrigeration
1 lbs
404 A
Refrigerant
3,300 lbs
CO2
4,125
miles in a
Subaru
Outback
= =
Past Goals and Emissions Rates
Year Goal Actual Emissions Rate
2011 (Baseline Year) Na 49.90%
2012 35% 40.9 % 5.9 % off target
2013 18% 25.3% 7.3 % off target
2014 <10% 34.6% 24.6 % off target
2015 <10% 39.7% 29.7% off target
2016 <10% 9%
2017 <10% 7.8%
2018 <10% 8.5%
2015 New
Trillium RTU
leak, actual
would have been
12%
The Co-op has 2759 lbs of refrigerant

37. Keilly Witman
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Stratospheric Protection Division
202-343-9742
witman.keilly@epa.gov
www.epa.gov/greenchill
Tom Guillette
Facilities Manager
Hanover Co-op Food Stores
603-643-2667, Ext. 6701
tguillette@coopfoodstore.com
http://www.coopfoodstore.coop
Education: Partners for Webinars

38. „ Background info on refrigerant emissions:
environment, financials, other trouble
„ Some fundamentals about GreenChill
„ How GreenChill can help you
„ How GreenChill works: free, fast, and easy
„ Your colleagues: Hanover Co-op Food Stores

39. ü Sustainability & Resiliency
ü Budgeting
ü Proformas
ü Trends & Technology
ü Research
ü Planning
ü Decisions
Responsible Operational & Business Decisions

40. NFCA Eighth Annual Meeting 2019
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION

41. PLEASE RECONVENE FOR WRAP UP BY 3:40
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42. NFCA Eighth Annual Meeting 2019
ELECTIONS & APPRECIATIONS
John Crane, Vice President
¡ Reminder to Fill Out
Evaluations
¡ Elections Results
¡ Thanks to our
Candidates
¡ Thanks to Simply Voting

43. § General Manager,
Hunger Mountain Co-op
§ Steering Committee,
Founding Incorporator
of NFCA
§ Board Member since
2011
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THANK YOU, KARI BRADLEY!

44. ¡Please turn in your
Evaluation Form NOW to
be entered in our raffle
¡Drop nametags on your
table or at the
registration desk
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EVALUATIONS & RAFFLE

45. ¡Ruth Tyson
¡Facilitators & Presenters
¡NFCA Staff & Board of
Directors
¡Greenfield Community
College
¡Attendees, Guests and
Sponsors
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SPECIAL THANKS

46. Northeast Start-Up
Gathering
§Sat, 18 May 2019, Keene, NH
CDS Co-op Café
§Sat, 19 Oct 2019
NFCA Eighth Annual Meeting 2019
THANK YOU! — SAVE THESE DATES!
Co-operative Business
Training with Saint Mary’s
University (Staff & Board)
§Thurs-Friday, 24-25th Oct
2019, Greenfield, MA
NFCA 9th Annual Meeting
§Sat, 21 March 2019,
Greenfield, MA
For more information, visit nfca.coop/calendar