The CUMA (Coopérative dUtilisation de Matériel Agricole or cooperative for the use of farm implements) emerged from French farmers need to mechanise after World War II. Through CUMAs, farmers own and operate farm agricultural machinery collectively, making it both more affordable and more efficiently utilised. The main activity of these co-operatives is harvesting but some […]
A supermarket for the people
The year is 1972 in Singapore and there was widespread panic buying because of the fears of a global food shortage that the global oil crisis brought about. Unscrupulous merchants took advantage of the situation by hoarding essentials and raising prices whenever they felt like it. To counter this, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) […]
NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd
NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Ltd was founded by the labour movement in 1973, with a social mission to moderate the cost of living in Singapore. NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd has grown from one supermarket in 1973 into Singapores largest grocery retailer serving about 400,000 shoppers daily, with a network of over 105 outlets today, comprising FairPrice […]
The Golden Fleece Legacy
The Australians have a saying when you are getting a bad deal you are getting fleeced. And that is just how this great Western Australian based member owned business got started. The Capricorn story is something of a legend these days but 38 years ago seven Golden Fleece service station operators met in […]
Capricorn Society Ltd
Capricorn is a member based organisation proudly operating by cooperative principles to primarily support businesses in the automotive industry. This approach allows Members to better manage their businesses by saving time and money and ultimately to increase profits. Members are the owners too and are eligible to receive dividends, if declared. As a major player […]
TIP Friendly Society
TIP Friendly Society (TIP) is an organization that caters to the insurance needs of persons employed in the field of education in Jamaica; with the objective being to improve the economic, social and health status of members, staff and the wider community, by providing thrift and credit facilities, sickness, accident and death benefits.
How to TIP friendly into cooperatives
Not long ago, Chuck Gould, ICA Director-General, told a co-operative symposium in Jamaica: “We need a more balanced and a more sustainable economic model and the co-operative model is a sustainable part of that solution. One member of that very audience has been doing much to prove that the co-operative model is the way forward […]
Alberta Community and Co-operative Association (ACCA)
The ACCA objectives include: To foster a healthy and vibrant co-operative sector, to provide a means for co-operatives to associate and network with other co-operatives, to promote the co-operative model, to support the development of strong Alberta communities through co-operation, to foster the development of community leaders through education, to provide youth education and leadership, […]
(Doing) Real Good from the Ground Up
The art of cooperation is embedded in every molecule of CROPP Cooperative Organic Valley, the U.S.s largest cooperative of organic family farms. It begins on the ground beneath our feet with over 1,700 organic family farmers who belong to and own our cooperative. Because we farm organically, we work responsibly on behalf of all earths […]
Organic Valley
Organic Valley is Americas largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nations leading organic brands. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farms through organic farming, Organic Valley produces a variety of organic foods, including organic milk, soy, cheese, butter, spreads, creams, eggs, produce and juice, which are sold in supermarkets, natural […]