One late summer while strolling through a Minneapolis farmers market with my young teenager, I was introduced to one of the hottest chilies in the world. A handwritten sign, Ghost pepper is the worlds hottest pepper atop a little basket holding a handful of bright-orange, wrinkled fruits ignited my sons interest. The grower cautioned us […]
MADEinSCOP
MADEinSCOP is a multi-channel hub which links 200 co-operatives in the communication sector. We make the link between clients who need to communicate and our network of Communication Co-operatives. We’ve got skills in every field of communication, we’ve got human values, we believe in another way of doing business, that’s why we are SCOP.
CoBank
CoBank is a national cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered […]
An Alternative Voice in Israeli Media
An ambitious online newspaper is bringing a new voice to the Israeli media scene. Owned by a cooperative, Megafon wants to offer a fresh alternative to what it sees as a stagnated media scene. The Israeli media market is small, and controlled by a small number of very rich families. For these media moguls, freedom […]
Megafon
Online newspaper offering an alternative voice to Israels mainstream media.
Water not only quenches one’s thirst, it also heals
Zelenogradskaya real has been produced by the cooperative Kaliningrad Consumer Society Commercial and Trade Centre 2 for almost 20 years. The mineral water is extracted from the deepest well of the region, with a depth of 274 meters. It is characterized by its good taste, an absence of artificial additives, and has an optimal […]
More and more Co-operator shops opening in the Republic of Buryatia
For small-scale consumer societies competition makes survival difficult. That is why the Union of Consumer Societies of Buryatia (Burcoopsojuz) has consolidated its operations in order to improve the competitiveness of consumer cooperatives. This consolidation was successfully implemented by the consumer society, translated from Russian as Universal trade base of Burcoopsojuz. As of today, 100 shops, […]
Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative
Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative (TOCMC) was founded in 1993. Its members produce most of the organic cotton grown in the United States. Around thirty producers plant 10-15,000 acres of organic and transitional cotton. These family farms produce 6,000 – 15,000 bales a year. Yields are very rainfall dependent, varying significantly from year to year. […]
Mobile Technology Transforms African Farmers into Cooperative Entrepreneurs
Mozambique sits on the coast of southeastern Africa, blessed with fertile soil, but suffering the effects of difficult transportation and little communication infrastructure in its rural areas. 81 percent of its population contributes to its agriculture production, which amounts to nearly one third of the countrys GDP. Since 1995, CLUSA International (CLUSA), a program of […]
National Cooperative Business Association
The National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) is the national association for cooperative businesses providing cross-sector education, support and advocacy to help start and grow co-ops across a variety of sectors, including agriculture, childcare, energy, financial service and credit unions, food distribution, healthcare, housing, retail and telecommunications. For nearly 100 years, our mission has been to […]