Iran Oilseeds & Vegetable Oil Processing Factories Cooperative: Iran Oilseeds & Vegetable Oil Processing Factories Cooperative (that is referred to as Farda Co-op) was established on 20 May 2006. It has 26 shareholders from vegetable oil factories in Iran. The 26 shareholders consist 93 percent of Iran’s vegetable oil industry and 81 percent of Iran’s […]
HSV Supporters Club
Across Europe, the system of co-operation seen in the supporter ownership of football clubs in Germany is an example to many supporters across the continent who follow clubs that are blighted by debt, badly run, and refuse supporters influence over the game they love. But even in Germany the fans have had to campaign […]
HSV Supporters Club
The HSV Supporters Club (HSV SC) is the first official fan department at a German football club.
The single voice of a cooperative
A civil war raged in Guatemala from 1960 to 1996 – the longest civil war in Latin America’s history. In the Ixil Triangle, where Oikocredit project partner Asociación Chajulense (Chajul) operates today, thousands of civilians were killed, tortured or disappeared. The victims were predominantly Mayan descendants. Today, the coffee and honey farmers of Chajul – made […]
Koperativa Mpambolin-Ambanivolo Mananara (KOMAM)
The tropical rainforest of the remote Mananara-Nord Biosphere Reserve in northeast Madagascar is rich in biodiversity, with 13 different lemur species alone. Here, villagers are helping to protect the environment by using traditional, low-impact methods to produce vanilla, growing the orchids at the base of large trees in the forest. The traditional production process for […]
Koperativa Mpambolin-Ambanivolo Mananara (KOMAM)
Growers of vanilla and cloves in a biosphere reserve have united together to sell and market their spices.
Hansalim
In the Korean language, han refers to all living things on earth, while salim means to revive and give life. So the compound Hansalim means save all living things. An ambitious name, but then Hansalim, Koreas biggest consumers cooperative, is an ambitious project. Founded in 1986 as a single grocery store, it now has 284,000 […]
Seward Co-op
Seward Co-op opened in 1972 in Minneapolis, MN. At first, we were run by a core group of volunteers and had a small selection of products. Despite challenges in the early ’80s, membership and sales began to increase after adopting a general management structure. Seward reincorporated as a consumer co-op, patronage refunds were introduced and […]
It All Began Around a Kitchen Table…
As a Co-operative, Organic Meadow provides a unique opportunity for organic farmers to collectively store, process and market organically-grown products including organic milk, organic dairy products, organic eggs and organic grains. Our goal is to unite small family farms under one brand, letting them share in the benefits of our marketing efforts. Organic Meadow is […]
East Lansing Food Co-op
ELFCO is the Lansing area’s only community-owned grocery. We carry a large selection of local and organic produce, natural foods, health and beauty products, bulk foods and seasonal gift and gardening products. Everyone is welcome at ELFCO, where we’re committed to healthy people, a healthy environment and a healthy local economy.