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Advocate – Vocal champion of cooperatives before state and federal legislatures advocating on cooperative taxation, retail wheeling and territorial integrity...

The 40,000 cooperatives that flourished in the US in 1960 showed the potential of the model to meet the economic and social needs of producers, workers and c...

In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a densely populated, low income neighborhood with a large percentage of recent immigrants, The Center for Family Life's (CFL) Coope...

Now that Black History Month is over, CDF wants to draw attention to four Black cooperators recognized during the month of February whose work continues to c...

The Cooperative Leaders and Scholars Institute (CLSI) is an opportunity for co-op employees, board members, or post-secondary students to participate in a na...

Activist: Advocated for access to technical assistance that allowed more minority farmers to qualify for USDA farm programs Leader: Identified rural communit...

The findings of a yearlong research effort to identify opportunities and barriers to cooperative development are the topic of the 2020 Cooperative Issues For...

The 2020 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees have dedicated their careers to bettering lives through cooperative advocacy, leadership and education. Join CDF ...

CCMA Awards for Cooperative Excellence Nominations are now open for the 2020 CCMA Awards for Cooperative Excellence. The awards recognize food cooperatives a...

The Howard Bowers Fund Silent Auction at CCMA is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Funds raised through the auction allow us to continue serving and suppor...

A new publication to help start-up cooperatives retain general managers will be unveiled at the Up & Coming Food Cooperative Conference in Madison, WI on Mar...

In the 1950s, The Freedom Fund – the predecessor to the Cooperative Development Fund – changed its name to the Fund For International Cooperative Development...

The Cooperative Leaders and Scholars Institute (CLSI) is now accepting applications for its 2020 cohort. The Institute is October 5 - 10, 2020 in Washington ...

2019 Home Care Conference video available Presentations on marketing basics, policy advocacy training, recruitment tips, enhanced board/member relations, and...

The College Conference on Cooperatives (CCOC) caters to a demographic valuable to cooperatives looking to build their workforce – college students. Attracted...

The 2020 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees have dedicated their careers to bettering lives through cooperative advocacy, leadership, and education. Join CDF...

Share your co-op pride, spruce up your wardrobe, and celebrate CDF's 75th Anniversary with a pair of co-op socks. The socks are decorated with the Twin Pines...

Resident Owned Communities (ROCs) provide affordable, stable housing solutions for some of the most vulnerable tenants groups - owners of manufactured homes....

The bushfires in Australia have caused staggering human and environmental damage, impacting communities and the cooperatives that serve them. With an estimat...

The legacy of cooperative developer and Hall of Fame member Bill Gessner lives on with grants to create an annual award for excellence in start-up cooperativ...