Coop Coffees exists to import high-quality, organic green coffee from small-scale farmer organizations to build long-term relationships and foster fair and equitable trading practices. Our goal is to make coffee-growing a sustainable and beneficial endeavor for farmer families and their communities.
Radio Chéticamp: Carving out a place for French music on the Nova Scotia airwaves
Back in 1989, the only radio and television stations available to the people of Chéticamp were in English, and young francophones had nothing but English language music and artists to listen to. At that time the community was torn by the Acadian school crisis, with over 60% of residents voting against the idea of starting […]
Radio Chéticamp
Radio Chéticamp is a non-profit French-language community radio station located in a small Acadian community (Chéticamp) on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia and serving over 3,500 francophones.
Rooibos Farmers Join Together to Fight Marginalization, Discrimination and Climate Change
The Suid Bokkeveld has a harsh climate, baking in the summer but with frequent winter frosts and droughts. Yet the gentle rains and acidic soils make it a favoured environment for Aspalathus linearis, commonly known as rooibos or red bush. The plant is used to make a herbal tea, long popular in Southern Africa and […]
Heiveld Co-operative
The Heiveld produces organic and fair-trade rooibos tea grown and processed in the traditional way with minimal use of machinery and harvested carefully by hand. The Rooibos is grown and processed in the traditional way with minimal use of machinery and is harvested carefully by hand. Our mission is to produce and market the finest […]
West Belconnen Health Cooperative Ltd
The West Belconnen Health Co-op is an affordable medical and health centre in the Australian Capital Territory that is owned by its patients. The Co-op has 4 sites with 10 bulk-billing doctors, a nurse practitioner, practice nurses and psychologists, as well as space for community organisations to offer programs and services. The Co-op was started […]
A certified alternative to blood gold
Much media attention has been drawn to the problem of blood diamonds, but what about blood gold? The gold mining industry is often highly exploitative and unregulated, plagued by issues like child labour and hellish working conditions and causing enormous environmental damage because of the mercury and cyanide used in the extraction process, not to […]
Cooperativa Cotapata
Cotapata is a gold mining cooperative in Bolivia’s Cotapata National Park area. It was the worlds first mining organization to receive Fairtrade and Fairmined certification.
Co-operatives help Healthcare
A local chemist has a clear picture of a community’s health needs. In 2004, Brian Frith, the chemist in Charnwood, on Canberras northern fringe, compared notes with the organiser of the Neighbourhood Watch group, Roger Nicoll, and with Michael Pilbrow, the chair of his primary schools Parents and Citizens Committee. All three were concerned that […]
COOTRASERVICORD CTA: Successful Experiences
It used to be that a public company provided the critical service of maintaining water and sewage facilities for the people of Monteria, Columbia. However, when the company faced liquidation, several former employees recognized a crucial need in their community. They banded together to make sure the water and sewage network and systems did not […]