Organic Valley is Americas largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nations leading organic brands. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farms through organic farming, Organic Valley produces a variety of organic foods, including organic milk, soy, cheese, butter, spreads, creams, eggs, produce and juice, which are sold in supermarkets, natural […]
Leading Slovakian Engineering
The Fragokov cooperative, one of the largest engineering companies in the Preov region and regularly listed as one of the top 200 best Slovakian companies, was founded in 1949. Originally called the Eastern Slovak Peoples Car Repair Company (Východoslovenské ?udové autodrustvo, abbreviated to VLAD, in Slovak) by the late 1980s the cooperative employed more than […]
Renewable Energy Co-operative
We are a worker owned co-operative specialising in renewable energy solutions for commercial, agricultural, domestic and community projects. As a co-operative we are passionate about helping people making independent decisions about their energy sources and education people about green energy solutions through talks, transition town meetings, activities and community schemes.
School: not just desks and chalkboards
Why do I have to learn math? Why do I have to practice scales? Why do I have to work with her? If you have been a teacher or a parent these are probably questions you have heard. If you have been a student these are probably questions (even if you don’t want to admit […]
Cooperativas Escolares
Cooperativas Escolares is part of an academic center on Social Economy and Cooperatives, nationally and internationally recognized as a reference for the development of applicable knowledge building through training and community services. Our aim is to promote equitable and inclusive development in the county and the region.
Pangnirtung Inuit Co-operative Limited
The community owned Co-operatives in the Arctic are multi-purpose businesses that provide a wide range of services to their members and their communities. Pangnirtung Co-op operates a retail store, and property rentals.
Management education for co-operatives
For more than a decade, Saint Mary’s University has been a pioneer in the development and delivery of graduate level management education for co-operatives in the English speaking world. In an effort to address the lack of business education geared to the co-operative model, the Co-operative Management Education Co-operative (CMEC) was formed in 2002 to […]
Co-operative Management Education Co-operative (CMEC) and Saint Mary’s University
The Co-operative Management Education Co-operative (CMEC) was established in 2002 to support the advancement of co-operative management education in partnership with Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). Membership in CMEC is open to co-operatives and credit unions, educational institutions and individuals. Our 69 current members are encouraged to send students and provide funding for […]
Welcome to the first hotel in the British Commonwealth to be co-operatively owned
The Renmark Hotel, the oldest co-operatively owned hotel in the British Commonwealth, stands beside the Murray River in South Australias Riverland region. It first opened its doors in 1897 and has continued to serve the districts renowned local produce from the same site ever since. Although the hotels collective ownership has remained unchanged since the […]
Renmark Hotel
The handsome and historic Renmark Hotel, in South Australias Murray River region, is the oldest co-operatively owned hotel in the British Commonwealth. Since 1897 it has provided hospitality and fine local produce to the local farming community that owns it. Its manager, Michael Schuetze, says that when the small town of Renmark needed its first […]