NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting: Morning Presentation with Reports, March 18, 2017
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Over 150 co-operators gathered to celebrate Neighboring Food Co-op Association's Sixth Annual Meeting at Greenfield Community College for a day of networking, peer learning, and workshops. "What if the residents of communities truly owned the economic base and infrastructure of their communities? What if they owned the farms, the land, the processing facilities and the grocery stores?" Co-ops make the "what if" possible! said keynote Cornelius Blanding, Federation of Southern Cooperatives. Special thanks to our sponsors for supporting this event.
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NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting: Morning Presentation with Reports, March 18, 2017
- 1. SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING “Diverse, Inclusive & Resilient” 18th March 2017 Greenfield Community College Greenfield, MA NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 NEIGHBORING FOOD CO-OP ASSOCIATION Everyone is Welcome! Co-ops Celebrate Diversity: Everyone is welcome here. Co-opsAreInclusive:Wearebetterwhenweworktogether. Co-opsBuildCommunity:Joinyourlocalfoodco-optoday! Want to know more? Please visit us at www.nfca.coop.
- 2. Suzette Snow-Cobb ¡ President, NFCA Board of Directors ¡ Marketing & Membership Manager, Franklin Community Co-op NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 WELCOME! CONNECTICUT Fiddleheads Natural Foods Co-op, New London Hartford Food Co-op, Hartford (Start-Up) Mad River Co-op Market (Start-Up) Willimantic Food Co-op, Willimantic MAINE Good Tern Natural Foods Co-op, Rockland Portland Food Co-op, Portland MASSACHUSETTS Amherst 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, Greenfield Harvest Co-op Markets, Cambridge Harvest Co-op Markets, Jamaica Plain Holyoke Community Co-op Market, Holyoke (Start-Up) Leverett Village Food Co-op, Leverett McCusker’sMarket/FranklinCommunityCo-op,ShelburneFalls Merrimack Valley Food Co-op, Lawrence (Start-Up) Old Creamery Co-op, Cummington Quabbin Harvest Food Co-op, Orange River Valley Co-op, Northampton Wild Oats Co-op Market, Williamstown NEW HAMPSHIRE Co-op Food Stores / Hanover Consumer Co-op, Hanover & Lebanon Great River Food Co-op, Walpole (Start-Up) Littleton Food Co-op, Littleton Manchester Food Co-op, Manchester (Start-Up) Monadnock Food Co-op, Keene Souhegan Valley Food Co-op, Milford (Start-Up) New York GreenStar Co-op Market, Ithaca RHODE ISLAND South County Food Co-op, South Kingstown Urban Greens Food Co-op, Providence (Start-Up) VERMONT Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro Buffalo Mountain Food Co-op, Hardwick City Market / Onion River Co-op, Burlington Co-opFoodStores/HanoverConsumerCo-op,WhiteRiverJct Dottie’s Discount / Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro Granite City Co-op, Barre (Start-Up) Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, Middlebury Morrisville Food Co-op, Morrisville (Start-Up) Plainfield Food Co-op, Plainfield Putney Food Co-op, Putney Rutland Area Food Co-op, Rutland Springfield Food Co-op, Springfield Stone Valley Community Co-op Market, Poultney Upper 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 Association Sixth Annual Meeting & Member Gathering!
- 3. 1. Brattleboro Food Co-op, VT 2. Buffalo Mountain Co-op, VT 3. City Market, Onion River Co-op, VT 4. Co-op Food Stores / Hanover Consumer Co-op, NH & VT 5. Fiddleheads Food Co-op, CT 6. Franklin Community Co-op, MA 7. Good Tern Co-op, ME 8. GreenStar Co-op Market, NY 9. Harvest Co-op Market, MA 10. Hunger Mountain Co-op, VT 11. Leverett Village Co-op, MA 12. Littleton Food Co-op, NH 13. Middlebury Food Co-op, VT 14. Monadnock Food Co-op, NH 15. Old Creamery Co-op, MA 16. Plainfield Food Co-op, VT 17. Portland Food Co-op, ME 18. Putney Food Co-op, VT 19. Quabbin Harvest Co-op, MA 20. River Valley Co-op, MA 21. Rutland Area Food Co-op, VT 22. South County Food Co-op, RI 23. Springfield Food Co-op, VT 24. Stone Valley Community Co-op Market, VT 25. Upper Valley Food Co-op, VT 26. Wild Oats Co-op Market, MA 27. Willimantic Food Co-op, CT NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 WELCOME, MEMBER CO-OPS!
- 4. 1. Amherst Food Co-op, MA 2. Assabet Village 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, CT 9. Manchester Food Co-op, NH 10. Merrimack Valley Food Co-op, MA 11. Morrisville Food Co-op, VT 12. Souhegan Valley Food Co- op, NH 13. Urban Greens Food Co-op, RI NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 WELCOME, START-UPS!
- 5. ¡ 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) NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 WELCOME, PARTNERS & GUESTS!
- 6. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR LEAD SPONSORS
- 7. ¡ 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 NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 AGENDA FOR THE DAY
- 8. ¡ 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) NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 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)
- 9. Member Linkage ¡Quarterly Reports ¡Board Visits ¡New Member Outreach Sustainability ¡In-Person Meetings ¡Annual Retreat ¡Staff Support ¡Planning for Longevity NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 BOARD PRIORITIES
- 10. ¡ 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. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS
- 11. ¡ 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) NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 PROCESS
- 12. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 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
- 13. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 INCOME 2016 Member Dues 70% Other Income 16% Frozen Foods 14%
- 14. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 EXPENSE 2016 Programs 15% Cost of Goods Sold 13% Operations 5% Other Expense 4% Personnel 63%
- 15. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 QUESTIONS & FEEDBACK
- 16. Erbin Crowell & Bonnie HudspethSTAFF REPORT NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017
- 17. Supporting shared success through… ¡Peer Networking ¡Marketing & Education ¡Regional Sourcing ¡Organizational Sustainability NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 OUR ACTIVITIES
- 18. 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 NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 2016 PRIORITIES
- 19. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 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
- 20. New in 2016 ¡40+ Start-up Organizers from 14 Start-ups ¡Food Co-op Initiative ¡Peer learning & sharing resources NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 NEW ENGLAND START-UP DAY
- 21. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 HR STAFF PEER TRAINING
- 22. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 60TH CCMA IN NEW ENGLAND!
- 23. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 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 GreenBeans,andSweetCorn—fromNortheastfamilyfarmers. 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 • Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro, VT • Co-op Food Stores, Hanover & Lebanon, NH, & White River Junction, VT • Green Fields Co-op Market, Greenfield, MA • Leverett Village Food Co-op, Leverett, MA • Monadnock Food Co-op, Keene, NH • McCusker’s Co-op Market, Shelburne Falls, MA • Old Creamery Co-op, Cummington, MA• Putney Food Co-op, Putney, VT• Quabbin Harvest Co-op, Orange, MA• River Valley Co-op Market, Northampton, MA • Springfield Food Co-op, Springfield, VT• Upper Valley Food Co-op, White River Junction, VT GO
- 24. ¡ UMASS Co-op Enterprise Collaborative § NFCA § Valley Alliance of Worker Co-ops § UMASS Amherst Economics Department ¡ 2016 – 4 internships ¡ Update of impact statistics NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 INTERNS & IMPACT
- 25. Harnessing our shared purchasing power… ¡Pilot Projects §Farm to Freezer §Affordability ¡Associated Buyers partnership ¡Part-time Staff NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 REGIONAL SOURCING
- 26. ¡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 NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 RELAUNCH OF FARM TO FREEZER NFCA Frozen Foods Promotion at Co-op Food Stores
- 27. Supporting long-term sustainability… ¡Financial base ¡Staff sustainability ¡NCG alignment ¡Expanded membership base NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY
- 28. 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 NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 PARTNERSHIPS
- 29. Legislative Update ¡Food Safety Collaboration ¡Farm Bill Realities ¡Food System Dialogs ¡More Members Makes Our Voice Stronger NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 ROGER NOONAN, PRESIDENT NEW ENGLAND FARMERS UNION
- 30. 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 NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 2017 PRIORITIES
- 31. Regional Sourcing ¡ Sustainability 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 NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 2017 PRIORITIES
- 32. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 YOUR FEEDBACK & QUESTIONS
- 33. NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017 NFCA 6TH ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORS
- 34. NFCA 6TH ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORS NFCA Sixth Annual Meeting 2017