Since the first Howard Bowers Day in 1998, the number of co-ops participating in Howard Bowers Day has ranged from 10 to 49 co-ops and the total raised has ranged from $2,370 to $14,457. The total raised from the first through the fifteenth Howard Bowers Day, held in October 2012, is $96,892. CDF thanks all participants and congratulates Outpost Natural Foods, which has participated in all 15 Howard Bowers Days, and Ocean Beach People’s Food Co-op, which has participated in twelve.

In 2007 the Bowers Fund advisors decided to support the effort to rapidly increase the number of food co-ops across the country by dedicating the funds raised through Howard Bowers Day to grants for new and about-to-open co-ops. Applications for these grants are considered once a year and the next are due on January 15, 2013 for the funds raised through Howard Bowers Day 2012. For the application form, click here. So far, Howard Bowers Day grants have been made to:

2012

Arroyo Food Cooperative

Columbus (IN) Food Co-op

2011

Doylestown Food Co-op

Monadnock Community Market

2010

Bay Ridge Food Co-op

East Aurora Cooperative Market

Fairbanks Community Co-op

Market  Friendly City Food Co-op

Green Hill Food Co-op

Kalabash Food Co-op

Lovettsville Cooperative Market

Manchester Food Co-op

Monadnock Community Market Co-op

Queens Harvest Food Co-op

Stone’s Throw Market Co-op

Sustainable Sea Cliff Co-op

2009

Indiana Cooperative Development Center for their
two-day regional workshop for new and about-to-open co-op

2008

Big Spring Co-op

Canaan Community Co-op

Chatham Co-op

Harvest Moon Natural Foods Co-op

Indy Food Co-op

New Orleans Food Co-op