CDF News

The Cooperative Development Foundation and NCBA CLUSA are delighted to welcome 16 new and emerging co-op leaders into the Cooperative...

The Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) welcomes two new members to its Board: Michelle Schry and Holly Jo Sparks. Both are...

Washington, DC, January 14, 2025 – The Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) is excited to announce its new Executive Director, Julie...

December 6, 2024 Next year the world will be celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives. As part of that celebration, the co-op...

Are you passionate about working at the intersection of cooperative development, building an inclusive and equitable economy, and...

Thirty years ago, Thaleon Tremain embarked on his Peace Corps assignment in Bolivia, focusing on economic empowerment. Little did he know...

“Whoever teaches learns in the act of teaching, and whoever learns teaches in the act of learning.” With these words, Brazilian educator...

Like so much of the cooperative ecosystem, the story of CooperationWorks! is deeply linked to that of the Cooperative Development...

Tracy McIntyre knows rural. Scratch that. Rural doesn’t even come close to describing the remote areas of Big Sky Country that she serves...

Mary Sutton’s work with returning citizens is rooted in her own experience, sparked in part by a move to the West Coast to support a...

In a platform rideshare landscape dominated by two competitors–Lyft and Uber–a fresh take on a trusted idea is gaining traction: The...

Manufactured housing accounts for about 6 percent of occupied housing stock in the U.S. and is the largest source of unsubsidized...

“Before being hired at a home care cooperative,” said Paulette LaDouceur, the general manager at Capital Homecare Cooperative, “I had...

The Cooperative Development Foundation and NCBA CLUSA are delighted to welcome 17 new and emerging co-op leaders into the Cooperative...

Ron Hantz, executive director of the Network for Developing Conscious Communities, is clear about the value of this past year’s National...

Nkuli Shongwe grew up with a deep cultural knowledge of the power of cooperation. When she learned about the cooperative movement in the...

Adria Powell, President and CEO at Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA) joined the Cooperative Development Foundation board of...

Lace up your sneakers and stretch for CDF's annual Co-op 5k to support and celebrate CDF's 80 years of serving the cooperative community....

December 5, 2023 Five outstanding cooperative leaders will receive the cooperative community’s most prestigious honor on October 3, 2024,...

The Cooperative Development Foundation and NCBA CLUSA will welcome 19 new and emerging co-op leaders into the Cooperative Leaders and...