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Home care cooperatives pay their caregivers more and have a significantly lower turnover rate than their non-cooperative competitors...

The 2021 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees will reveal the untold, behind-the-scenes stories of their lives and careers in cooperatives....

Meet 2021 Inductees on Heroes.coop With less than a month away from the 2021 Cooperative Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, the Cooperative...

Advisor - Commitment to a thriving and democratic cooperative movement, KZ has inspired and persuaded general managers and board members...

Bridging Art & Farming: Celebrating Black Family Farmers, Landowners, and Cooperatives In celebration of Juneteenth, the Federation of...

The magnitude 7.2 earthquake centered in Southern Haiti destroyed lives, infrastructure and many of the institutions that support and...

With nearly 300 program registrants and participation from high ranking USDA officials, cooperative CEO's, academics, and Native American...

The 2021 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees are known for the grit and tenacity needed to drive change that improves lives and...

Architect - During his four decades at helm of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Andy helped design policies and programs that...

Astoria Co+op featured on Top Chef Portland The Astoria Co+op, in Astoria, OR and its outstanding produce department were featured in a...

The bare grocery shelves on the Umatilla Indian Reservation during the early days of the COVID pandemic motivated two Native American...

The Cooperating to Enhance Native Food Economies Webinar will consider the role of cooperatives in harnessing Indian Country’s economic...

Servant Leader - While trying to live the adage "Do the right thing, always," Vern built a culture at NISC that puts members and...

CDF is offering scholarships for new cooperators to attend the 2021 Cooperative IMPACT Conference hosted by NCBA CLUSA and related...

This Could Be Ours now available In This Could Be Ours, author Jon Steinman brings together 270 images of consumer-owned grocery stores...

With over $1,300,000 in grantmaking and spending on programmatic work, successful virtual events, and increased partnerships and...

The CoBank Agriculture Scholarship offered through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) will be funded with $100,000 from the CDF...

Madison Workers Cooperative (MadWorC), an organization working to support and build the solidarity economy in Madison, Wisconsin, is one...

The CDF board approved a $50,000 grant to support the development and launch of a national website and digital marketing platform for...

Pioneer - A trailblazer in cooperative finance, Clark finds innovative ways for worker-owned, social justice-minded businesses to raise...