co-op stories

Trade isn’t just the exchange of goods and money. It affects real people all over the world. Learn more from Fairtrade America and Central Co-op.Read more
Dr. Gordon Nemhard's book Collective Courage highlights the long tradition of African American cooperation.Read more
More than 1 in 9 US homes are food insecure—food co-ops are working to alleviate hunger and increase everyone’s access to healthy food.Read more
We’re grateful for everything food co-ops do for their communities—see how one food co-op partners with their local shelter to help residents find employment.Read more
Food co-ops are proud to partner with La Riojana Cooperative, the largest certified fair trade wine and olive oil cooperative in Argentina, to bring our...Read more
Harmony Natural Foods Co-op’s expansion of the Ojibwe Language Project exemplifies how they embrace and reflect their local communities.Read more

Nothing illustrates our great esteem for co-ops more than our "On a Northern Farm" episode featuring Mississippi Market and Ashland Food Co-op. It's...Read more

Food co-ops are responding to climate change and demonstrating environmental leadership.Read more
Cooperative Norandino in Peru is an awesome example of a fair trade farmer cooperative that is changing the way food is grown in tropical regions of the world...Read more
Why would food co-ops raise money to help rebuild a fish market and funeral parlor in Puerto Rico? Because they're co-ops, too.Read more

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