Indiana Cooperative Development Center
October is Co-op Month. During the month we celebrate all the ways co-ops build a better world—through equality, through ownership and by investing in people and their communities.
Since 1930, co-ops across the United States have convened every October to celebrate the cooperative movement's history and economic impact on communities nationwide. The annual awareness month provides a... Read more >
In 2011, staff from the Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) in Minneapolis met with about 30 residents of Long Prairie, Minn., to discuss starting a farmer cooperative that would improve their income and promote economic development. After meetings throughout that winter, the cooperative became a legal entity in April 2012. The eight original members each contributed $250 to start the... Read more >
Two organizations -the Federation of Southern Cooperatives headquartered in Georgia and the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras - have been selected to receive the 7th annual Food Sovereignty Prize this year in an event that will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Food Sovereignty Prize, awarded by the... Read more >
The student-run branch of Corning Credit Union opened for its eighth year Sept. 29 at BOCES Bush campus. Its success serving students and staff will give birth to a second student-run branch this month at Elmira High School. About 20 credit unions run a total of about 50 student-run credit union branches in New York schools, said Ronald McLean, chief marketing officer for the New York Credit... Read more >
The student-run branch of Corning Credit Union opened for its eighth year Sept. 29 at BOCES Bush campus. Its success serving students and staff will give birth to a second student-run branch this month at Elmira High School. About 20 credit unions run a total of about 50 student-run credit union branches in New York schools, said Ronald McLean, chief marketing officer for the New York Credit... Read more >
The student-run branch of Corning Credit Union opened for its eighth year Sept. 29 at BOCES Bush campus. Its success serving students and staff will give birth to a second student-run branch this month at Elmira High School. About 20 credit unions run a total of about 50 student-run credit union branches in New York schools, said Ronald McLean, chief marketing officer for the New York Credit... Read more >
The student-run branch of Corning Credit Union opened for its eighth year Sept. 29 at BOCES Bush campus. Its success serving students and staff will give birth to a second student-run branch this month at Elmira High School. About 20 credit unions run a total of about 50 student-run credit union branches in New York schools, said Ronald McLean, chief marketing officer for the New York Credit... Read more >
When it comes to “buying local,” co-ops wrote the book. That’s because cooperatives are homegrown by everyday people who join together to solve a problem or meet a need. Did you know the co-ops in your community are owned and democratically controlled by people just like you? Cooperatives are part of America’s do-it-yourself tradition. With a proven track record, cooperatives are everywhere,... Read more >
Here's another example of Cooperatives putting Principle 7 into action: Concern for Community......... Read more >
Here's another example of Cooperatives putting Principle 7 into action: Concern for Community......... Read more >
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