Fonterra is a global, co-operatively-owned company with its roots firmly planted in New Zealands rich land, working to unlock every drop of goodness from the 22 billion litres of milk we collect each year and sharing it with the world. Fonterra is owned by about 10,500 farmer shareholders.
A hope to feed nine billion by 2050
Paul Hazen recalls attending a members meeting of the local electric distribution co-operative back in the late 1970s. Up for debate was the shutting down of its nuclear power plant. The floor was divided and loudly so. The resolution was voted down and consequently the members moved on to the next agenda item – […]
Working Together to Kill Zombies
Die2Nite is a computer game about zombies. But it is also, according to one review, an interactive piece of social commentary, in which you join 39 other players in a town repeatedly beset upon by the living dead. Its your choice whether or not to help the community or live (and die) alone. With its […]
Motion Twin
Motion Twin is a worker-run cooperative developing browser-based computer games. Every member has an equal share in the company as well as the right to vote on all decisions regardless of their seniority or qualifications. We like to work in an environment that respects and provides equal rights for all. At Motion-Twin, there is no […]
Bring on the buzz! – Meet the City Bee Association, Copenhagen, Denmark
“We make the city buzz with life!” Bybi (City Bee) works with social organisations, businesses and 3 million bees to improve the urban environment and unlock the social and economic benefits of sustainable beekeeping and honey production in Copenhagen. Bybi is a social co-operative enterprise. The profits Bybi make are reinvested in the association’s social […]
National Cooperative Bank
NCB, FSB (NCB), a federally- charted savings bank is the only bank in the United States dedicated to delivering nationwide banking products and solutions to cooperatives and other member-owned organizations throughout the country. Serving both rural and urban neighborhoods, NCB is a leader in supplying grocery, health care, education and housing solutions to the nations […]
Co-operatives drive “real economy” and provide solution to crisis
Dame Pauline Green tells national conference one billion people can’t be wrong Paris, France. 4 October 2012; Co-operative enterprises are a lynchpin in the “real economy” and co-operative banks stabilise and ensure against market failures, said Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance, today. Yet while more than one million people from around […]
Rwandan food co-operatives get funding from Canada
Rwanda is Africa’s most densely populated country. More than 1,000 people occupy each square kilometer of the East African nation. On top of that, in Rwanda 56 per cent of those people live below the poverty line. Co-operatives are an important part of the nation’s food security strategy because sustaining the population from the available […]
Reversing the Hidden Environmental Costs of Olive Oil
Olive oil is an essential element of the Mediterranean diet, but these days it is also hugely popular in countries where it is not a traditional ingredient, because of its flavor and health benefits. But large-scale, industrial olive oil production brings many negative environmental impacts. Intensive olive farming is causing widespread soil erosion and desertification […]
La Flor de la Alpujarra
La Flor de la Alpujarra is an organic olive-oil cooperative seeking to encourage sustainable, small-scale olive cultivation in southern Spain.