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World’s first Fairtrade nut-farming co-op celebrates tenth birthday

One of the biggest Fairtrade success stories in recent years is Liberation Foods, which celebrates its…

Chief of American leisure co-op REI condemns Donald Trump over travel restrictions

The chief executive of Recreational Equipment, Inc., America’s biggest outdoor leisure co-op, has criticised president Donald…

Fighting for Fairtrade workers as Britain prepares for Brexit

The outcome of the EU referendum, with the UK preparing to withdraw, has already created significant…

CBH to maintain its co-operative structure

Australia’s biggest grain export and co-operative business, CBH Group, has ruled out a share market listing,…

Are robots taking our jobs – and how can the co-operative movement save us?

Does technology pose a threat to co-operatives? Or is it opening new opportunities for the sector?…

Oxfam wants a co-operative ‘human’ economy to fight global inequality

Co-operatives have a key part to play if the world is to move to a “human economy” says…

MBE for Dorothy Francis, champion of co-ops and social enterprise

The 2017 New Year Honours list included an award for Dorothy Francis, chief executive of Leicester-based Co-operative And…

Italian co-op’s ‘supermarket of the future’ transforms the shopping experience

Italy’s largest supermarket chain Coop Italia has unveiled its “supermarket of the future” which offers an innovative…

Organic Valley Co-operative announces new partnership with Dean Foods

The USA’s largest independent co-operative of organic farmers, CROPP, is launching a 50/50 joint venture with Dean…

Organic Valley farmers’ co-op grows membership to 2,000 families

Organic Valley, America’s largest co-operative of organic farmers, started the new year by growing its membership…

Britain’s first authors’ co-operative launches

The first author-run publishing co-operative in Britain has launched with the publication of two titles. Gritstone…

£2,000 prize announced for platform co-op start-ups

A £2,000 start-up grant is on offer to budding digital co-operatives, who have been invited to…