The Aron Theatre Co-operative is a not-for-profit business, powered by the residents of Campbellford, Ontario. The residents banded together in 2009 to save their community theatre from closing and have been running a successful consumer co-operative since May 2011.
Planet Bean Coffee
Planet Bean Coffee is a division of the SUMAC worker co-operative. SUMAC was founded in 2005. The co-op owns and operates two divisions, Planet Bean Coffee and Wear Fair – Fair Trade & Organic Clothing. SUMAC is dedicated to providing products from Fair Trade and organic organisations throughout the world. Planet Bean Coffee was started […]
Githunguri Dairy Farmers Co-operative Society, Kenya
The Githunguri Dairy Farmers Co-operative Society has revolutionised the Kenyan dairy industry. It was formed in 1961 by 31 dairy farmers keen to improve their dairying and marketing possibilities. Today, the co-operative has about 17,000 members, and its collection centres have expanded from one to 68. Commissioning its own milk processing facility in 2004 led […]
Cooperative Development Program in Paraguay: Helping Women Become Agricultural Leaders
Claudelina Portillo was the only woman in an elected leadership position in the Guayaibi Poty cooperative in Paraguay. Many of her female friends told her they could not join because the $3 monthly fee was too high. Portillo raised the issue with the other cooperative leaders, but they weren’t willing to find a solution. Faced […]
The Cream of the Coast
The Norco name derives from, and is synonymous with, the far north coast of New South Wales, where the North Coast Fresh Food and Cold Storage Co-operative began operations at Byron Bay in 1895. Soon afterwards a depot at Lismore began processing cream into butter, using the Richmond River for transportation. More factories were added, […]
Norco Co-operative Limited
Norco is a dairy co-operative owned by our member suppliers who operate Australian dairy farms. Norco is committed to building its financial strength and stability, which includes enhancing the economic vitality and diversity of the rural and regional communities in which we operate, securing a sustainable supply chain and developing win-win partnerships in the markets […]
On the Global Milk Market, Co-operatives Dominate
Big business might be synonymous with the multinational corporation. But some of the largest, most influential businesses are owned and operated as co-operatives. One market in which the co-operative model has a significant presence is global milk production. According to a survey published by Rabobank in July, two of the worlds five largest dairy companies […]
First Milk the UK’s dairy cooperative owned by British farmers
What does co-operation mean to First Milk? Through our members, partners and joint ventures, co-operation means working with like-minded organizations who share our ambitions, passion and sustainability beliefs. At the core of everything First Milk does, is the drive to make returns back to its farmer members, and drive a sustainable future for them and […]
First Milk
First Milk is the UKs only British Dairy Farmers cooperative and major food and ingredients production business. The company is focused on growing and diversifying its business to drive returns back to its farmer members. Its members are based across the UK with a high concentration of members particularly in Scotland, NW England and Wales. […]
Intelligent and sustainable financial futures
eDOC Innovations is a multi-owned credit union service organization, or CUSO. There are many service organizations throughout the nation that operate a cooperative business model and atmosphere to service the crucial business model of credit unions. eDOC Innovations was founded in 1992 and had humble beginnings, starting in a spare office of a credit union. […]