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 […]
Cooperative news from around the world
Co-operative News, the world’s oldest surviving co-operative publication, was launched by the Movement for the Movement over 140 years ago in 1871. The News began as a weekly newspaper reporting on the growth of consumer co-operatives after the Movement’s seven principles were established by the Rochdale Pioneers at their first store on Toad Lane. Today, […]
Co-operative Press Ltd
Co-operative Press Ltd, established in 1871, is the publisher of the printed Co-operative News in the UK – the oldest democratically controlled paper in the world – and the Global News Hub website for a global audience. The membership of Co-operative Press is broken down by individual members (307) and organisations (93), both groups have […]
Building Communities with Cooperative Television
Central Hungarys Upper-Kiskunság is one of the country’s poorest and most under-developed regions, but community development work over the past 15 years has led to the founding of a number of cooperatives, including a community television station. The lowland plains south of Budapest, in the former flood zone of the River Danube, are plagued with […]
Raising awareness of Fairtrade at the Co-operative Academy of Leeds
Even though many people now have some sort of awareness of Fairtrade, the majority of people are not aware there is a specific fortnight from February-March, which is dedicated to the Fairtrade movement – an annual, nationwide celebration of Fairtrade, with two weeks of events and activities promoting fair and ethical trade in schools, shops, […]
Beit Shein Valley a rich home for kibbutznik
Olives, grapes, wheat, barley, figs, dates and pomegranates. These are the biblical seven species which were written would thrive in Israels sun-baked soil. At the Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu the only religious kibbutz in Israel to solely rely on agriculture and related businesses for its survival they cultivate six of these seven varieties. And, […]
Trade and Logistic Centre COOP – The new face of cooperative trade in Bulgaria
Establishing a national single cooperative market was the reason the Central Cooperative Union built a Trade and Logistic Center COOP. Construction began in 2010 the 120th anniversary of the cooperative movement in Bulgaria, and the Center was officially opened on the occasion of the EURO COOP General Assembly in June 2011. In attendance was […]