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NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering Presentation
The NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 focused on building relationships, sharing strategies for member engagement, and supporting board recruitment and retention. It highlighted the importance of diversity and inclusion within food co-ops while showcasing various success metrics and methods for enhancing community engagement. The document also outlines future events and collaborative efforts aimed at strengthening cooperative impacts within local economies.
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- 1. 15th Sept. 2018 Hostedby the Upper Valley Food Co-op White River Jct, Vermont 1 Board Director Peer Gathering NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018
- 2. NFCA Board DirectorPeer Gathering 2018 2 SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS
- 3. Goals for theDay ¡ Build Relationships ¡ Share Ideas §Member Engagement §Board Recruitment & Retention §Diversity & Inclusion ¡ Support Mutual Success ¡ Ways to Stay Engaged NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 3 WELCOME! Group Discussion at NFCA Annual Meeting 2017
- 4. 1. Introductions 2. MemberEngagement Strategies 3. Lunch & Group Photo 4. Board Recruitment & Retention 5. #ONLeadership: Challenges & Rewards of Diversity & Inclusion 6. Evaluations 7. Thanks & Disperse 8. Tour Upper Valley Food co-op NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 4 AGENDA NFCA Gathering 2015
- 5. The NFCA isYou! ¡ A Secondary Co-op with Food Co-ops as its Members ¡ Founded by Management & Board Representatives to Facilitate Collaboration ¡ Staff § Erbin Crowell, Executive Director § Bonnie Hudspeth, Member Programs § Suzette Snow-Cobb, Sourcing Coordinator NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 5 WHO IS THE NFCA?
- 6. ¡ All attendeesfrom your co- op stand, say their name ¡ One representative shares: §What is one innovation or exciting new tool your Board has accomplished or put in place over the past year? NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 6 WHO ARE YOU? Attendees in Disguise at NFCA Gathering, 2015
- 7. ¡ NFCA Supportfor Member Engagement ¡ Panel §Faye Conte (City Market / Onion River Co-op), Facilitator §Amelia Lord (Fiddleheads Food Co-op) §Kerry Rosenthal (Upper Valley Food Co-op) NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 7 MEMBER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES George Says, “Talk to me, I’m Board!”
- 8. NFCA PRIORITIES ¡ Peerto Peer Collaboration §Board & Staff ¡ Organizational Partnerships §Collaborative Impact ¡ Regional Sourcing §Cave to Co-op, Farm to Freezer ¡ Marketing & Education §Communicating Co-op Difference NFCA Gathering NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 8
- 9. Visit Our Website! ¡Orientation Materials §“What is a Co-op” Orientation ¡ Marketing & Press Releases ¡ Educational Curricula (NEFU) ¡ Co-ops Day / Co-op Month ¡ www.nfca.coop/GO NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 9 TOOLS FOR MEMBER ENGAGEMENT Everyone isWelcome! 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.
- 10. If you don’thave the data, you can’t tell your story… …And if we don’t tell our story, someone else will. Food co-ops are: ¡ Small ¡ Isolated and Exclusive ¡ Stuck in the Past ¡ Shrinking ¡ Have Limited Impact …on the Local Economy …on Local Infrastructure …on Employment ¡ Don’t Offer Good Jobs NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 10 ENGAGING MEMBERS IN OUR SHARED IMPACT
- 11. WE ARE GREATER THANTHE SUM OF OUR PARTS In 2007… ¡ 17 Food Co-ops ¡ 22 Storefronts ¡ 64,000 Members ¡ $161 Million in Revenue ¡ $33 Million in Local Purchases ¡ 1,250 Employees §VT Co-ops among top 25 employers D. Hoffer (2008) NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 Putney Food Co-op, Putney, VT 11
- 12. 2007 2017 Change FoodCo-ops 17 16 (6%) Storefronts 22 24 9% Members 64,000 98,275 54% Sales $161 Million $224 Million 39% Local Sales $52.4 Million* $63.5 Million 21% Staff 1,240 1,487 20% Wages $28.6 Million $48.2 Million 69% % Full Time 62% 55% (11%) NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 12 OUR CO-OPS ARE RESILIENT: HOFFER STUDY CO-OPS A DECADE LATER Data from Co-ops included in Hoffer Study only. *Purchasing figure converted to estimate of sales.
- 13. 10 Years Later… ¡New England & New York ¡ 29 Food Co-ops ¡ 10 Start-Ups ¡ 40 Storefronts ¡ 144,000 members ¡ 2,300 employees ¡ $69 million in wages ¡ $329 million in sales ¡ $90 mill local product sales NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 OUR IMPACT CONTINUES TO GROW 13 NFCA Member Food Co-ops (Yellow) & Start-Ups (Green)
- 14. Economic Inclusion &Food Security ¡ What are the perceptions of food co-ops? ¡ What are the challenges? ¡ What are co-ops already doing? ¡ What can we do better? Who Can Help? ¡ Food Security Organizations ¡ Community Groups ¡ Farmers’ Organizations What We’re Doing ¡ Sharing Strategies ¡ Supporting Program Innovation ¡ Convening Peers & Partners for Dialog NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 14 WIDENING THE CIRCLE OF MEMBERSHIP & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Healthy Food Access Audit, Littleton Food Co-op
- 15. You also help: ¡Keep it Local ¡ Provide Good Jobs ¡ Support Sustainability ¡ Build a More Inclusive Food System & Economy NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 15 YOU GET MORE THAN GOOD FOOD WHEN YOU SHOP AT YOUR LOCAL FOOD CO-OP OCTOBER IS CO-OP MONTH!
- 16. ¡ Faye Conte(City Market / Onion River Co-op), Facilitator ¡ Amelia Lord (Fiddleheads Food Co-op) ¡ Kerry Rosenthal (Upper Valley Food Co-op) NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 16 MEMBER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES Board Outreach, Monadnock Food Co-op
- 17. NFCA Board DirectorPeer Gathering 2018 17 SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS
- 18. ¡ Cat Buxton(Upper Valley Food Co-op), Facilitator ¡ Kevin Birdsey (Co-op Food Stores) ¡ Faye Conte (City Market / Onion River Co-op) ¡ Anton Elbers (Monadnock Food Co-op) NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 18 SUCCESSFUL BOARD RECRUITMENT & RETENTION NFCA Board Members at CCMA 2016
- 19. ¡ Patrice LockertAnthony, Board President, GreenStar Co-op Market ¡ Business owner (A Writer's Alchemy), a writer/poet, a speaker, coach, community advocate, facilitator, mediator, world cafe facilitator, and very proud co-operator ¡ Areas of expertise: leadership, diversity and inclusion, overcoming fearful decision- making, and implicit biases NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 19 #ONLEADERSHIP: THE CHALLENGES & REWARDS OF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
- 20. ¡ Gathering Evaluations ¡Share NFCA Information with Your Board… § Educational Materials & Website § Quarterly Board Update ¡ …And Members & Shoppers § Communicate Shared Vision & Work § Share our Collective Impact! ¡ Stay Connected § Subscribe to Monthly NFCA E-News § Follow us on Facebook / Twitter ¡ Participate in NFCA Events NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 20 CLOSING: HOW CAN YOU STAY ENGAGED? NFCA Annual Meeting, 2018
- 21. ¡ CDS Co-opCafé Saturday, Oct 13th 2018, Keene, NH (NFCA Co-host) ¡ Co-operative Business Training November 1-3rd 2018, Greenfield, MA (with Saint Mary’s University) ¡ NFCA 8th Annual Meeting Saturday, March 23rd 2019, Greenfield, MA (Free to NFCA Member Co-ops) For more information, visit: nfca.coop/calendar NFCA Board Director Peer Gathering 2018 21 UPCOMING EVENTS FOR DIRECTORS & STAFF CDS Co-op Café, 2017
- 22. NFCA Board DirectorPeer Gathering 2018 22 SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS