Federal funding has incentivised rural electric co-ops across the USA to work together to provide broadband…
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Show filtersCo-ops represented on US government’s new committee on equity in rural development
Two co-operators sit on the new body – Doug O'Brien from NCBA CLUSA and Curtis Wynn…
South Dakota Hutterian Co-operative in dispute with authorities
The co-op has obtained a 90-day temporary exemption to enable it to cope with the busy…
Organic dairy co-op Omsco launches new Cheddar brand in the US
The initiative follows the launch last month of the co-op's first range of Cheddars designed specifically…
US co-ops respond to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
The historic climate legislation includes electric co-operative policy priorities to help the country with its clean…
US apex for Black farm co-ops condemns ‘broken promises’ on debt relief
'If we don’t receive debt relief many of us will lose land, equipment and we might…
US youth financial wellbeing competition announced by NCUF
'Credit unions are increasingly seeing that financial literacy is just one part of a broader journey…
Class action suit over prices filed against Dairy Farmers of America
Plaintiffs have accused DFA of 'anticompetitive, exclusionary, and predatory conduct' but it says the allegations are…
Big dreams in the Big Apple: The housing co-ops built by union radicals
A tale of housing co-ops born from poverty and urban squalor brings inspiration – and some…
Worker co-op case studies offer lessons on equality to the world in crisis
The sector talks the the talk on social justice, but how does it work in practice?…
Care, co-ops and the common good: Can we protect our health from the profit motive?
'In an increasingly crowded planet with limited resources, humanity cannot afford to stand by and watch…
Organic Valley bounces back from creamery fire to report $25m income
The US dairy co-op says it kept its profit margin below 2.5% so as to increase…