This presentation from NFCA’s Eighth Annual Meeting features methods our Food Co-ops can use to integrate our identity and impact into strategic planning and reporting. Professor Daniel Cote of Saint Mary’s University Co-operative Management Education program offered an introduction to the topics to be covered in the next Executive Education co-op business training planned for this October 24-25th in Greenfield, MA, and facilitated sharing of lessons learned from co-op leaders who participated in the training last fall. • Erbin Crowell, NFCA, Facilitator • Daniel Côté, Saint Mary’s University • Lexa Juhre, GM, Fiddleheads Food Co-op • Patty Smith, Operations Mgr, Willimantic Food Co-op • Danny Spurr, Board President, Fiddleheads Food Co-op