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Advocacy
In new video message, NCBA CLUSA president and CEO Doug O’Brien provides advocacy update read more
Events
Webinar: Demystifying SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans read more
Advocacy
In the face of economic shifts, NCBA CLUSA urges Congress to preserve funding for co-op development read more
Impact
Food co-ops are proving to be everyday heroes, keeping communities safe and fed during COVID-19 pandemic read more
Advocacy
Adversely impacted by COVID-19? Apply now for SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans read more
Community
Carmen Huertas-Noble, a 2020 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductee, will appear on Everything Co-op read more
Advocacy
Help Opportunity Threads provide masks and other critical personal protective equipment to co-op caregivers read more
Events
Cooperative Hall of Fame rescheduled for October 8 during IMPACT Conference read more
Global Programs
Building Up The Lost Generation of Uganda read more
Events
Join NCBA CLUSA and Shared Capital Cooperative on Wednesday, March 25 for a webinar on managing finances during crisis read more
Advocacy
NCBA CLUSA leads coalition letter, recommends bill language to include co-ops in federal COVID-19 response read more
Community
Worker co-op employees now earn an average of $19.67 per hour, according to new report read more
Global Programs
Farmer-to-Farmer COVID-19 Update read more
Advocacy
Help co-ops weather the economic impact of COVID-19 with a donation to the Disaster Recovery Fund read more
Advocacy
In times of uncertainty and crisis, the co-op principles at work read more
Advocacy
Critical loan information for co-ops experiencing economic impact as a result of COVID-19 read more
Global Programs
Involving youth from coffee-farming families in rural Guatemala read more
Events
Sarah McKinley, Director of European Programs for The Democracy Collaborative, is this week’s guest on Everything Co-op read more
Community
Boston serves as an example for worker co-ops read more
Global Programs
Creating economic opportunities in Indonesia through a new project to build up spice farmers read more
Events
An update on the status of NCBA CLUSA’s upcoming events read more
Global Programs
New SEEDS+ project in Mozambique will bolster smallholder farmers’ resiliency to extreme climate events read more
Events
Deadline extended: Submit your 2020 IMPACT Conference session or panel by April 3 read more
Global Programs
This International Women’s Day, lifting up NCBA CLUSA’s commitment to gender equity read more
Advocacy
Cooperative businesses should be eligible for any federal assistance in response to COVID-19 read more
Global Programs
The power of collective action: How women in one dairy co-op union in Kenya gained their seat at the table read more
Events
NCBA CLUSA’s 2020 Board of Directors Election opens this week! read more
Advocacy
NCBA CLUSA will request $17 million for USAID Cooperative Development Program during Congressional hearing read more
Community
Hall of Fame Spotlight: Ben Burkett read more
Events
Stacey Sutton, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is this week’s guest on Everything Co-op read more
Advocacy
Longtime cooperator Bette Brand named USDA’s new Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary read more
Advocacy
Rural cooperatives are eligible for USDA’s Rural Business Development Grants; Apply through your state office read more
Global Programs
NCBA CLUSA’s Co-op Practice sharpens its focus on enabling environments, governance and certifications in 2020 read more
Op-eds
Amid news of yet another breach, a reminder that cooperatives are the best stewards of data read more
Global Programs
In Uganda, using collective action to build youth resilience read more
Op-eds
Why diversity, equity and inclusion? Why now? read more
Community
Apply for the new DC Co-op Impact Grant by March 31, 2020; Eight $5,000 grants available read more
Events
“Credit unions advance communities,” CUNA President and CEO Jim Nussle tells Government Affairs Conference audience read more
Member Spotlight
At Frontier Co-op, social responsibility is vital to the organization’s success read more
Community
National Co+op Grocers members earn top trade awards for independent grocers read more
Advocacy
At Congressional hearing, worker co-op stakeholders make the case for federal investment in employee ownership read more
Global Programs
For one Honduran women’s organization, strategic development is the path to sustainability and entrepreneurial growth read more
Events
Rooted in Community: Be part of this year’s CCMA Conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota read more
Events
How public awareness, political organization and a supportive public policy environment can accelerate cooperation read more
Events
NCBA CLUSA’s Gender Specialist Elizabeth Salazar will lead roundtable at WILD 2020 Forum read more
Events
Federation of Southern Cooperatives will amplify the lives and stories of black farmers at new exhibit read more
Community
The District’s housing cooperatives celebrate 100 years of building community read more
Community
Financial Times explores why big investors are buying up American mobile home parks, and how residents are fighting back read more
Global Programs
In Burkina Faso, empowering local actors to take the reins of resilience-building read more
Advocacy
Administration’s FY21 budget again proposes harsh cuts to cooperative programs read more
Events
Highlights from the first-ever Farmer-to-Farmer partners workshop in Jamaica read more
Advocacy
Join us in person or online for tomorrow’s Congressional hearing; Lawmakers will explore the lending needs of co-ops read more
Events
Final reminder: Nominations for NCBA CLUSA’s 2020 Board of Directors are due this Friday read more
Advocacy
Invite your representative to visit your co-op! They might join the Congressional Cooperative Business Caucus like Rep. Kilmer read more
Community
Reminder: Capital Impact Partners’ Co-op Innovation Award applications due February 10 read more
Global Programs
Breaking into the smallholder seed market: Lessons learned from the Mozambique SEEDS project read more
Events
First Global Youth Forum on Cooperative Entrepreneurship meeting in Malaysia this week read more
Community
Everything Co-op celebrates Black History Month with special guest, David Thompson, President of the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation read more
Global Programs
Step one on the road to self-reliance – engaging local actors in community-led development read more
Member Spotlight
At Parent Cooperative Preschools International, parents and children learn together read more
Community
Supporters see worker co-ops as way to spread the wealth read more
Community
Make a minimum $25 donation to CDF’s Howard Bowers Fund and receive a pair of Twin Pines socks! read more
Impact
New ranking of world’s largest cooperatives reports turnover of more than $2 trillion read more
Events
NCBA CLUSA welcomes Tamela Blalock, new Vice President of Cooperative Relations read more
Member Spotlight
Member Spotlight: At DC Credit Union, financial wellness is a right, not a privilege read more
Community
Customers name seven food co-ops as their states’ top independent grocers read more
Global Programs
In Democratic Republic of the Congo, local entrepreneurs are anchoring community transformation read more
Community
Capital Impact Partners’ Co-op Innovation Award applications due February 10 read more
Op-eds
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, lifting up co-ops as a strategy for greater equity in our economy and society read more
Op-eds
Trust busting: Can tech giants be limited to give co-ops room to grow? read more
Global Programs
NCBA CLUSA’s Millet Business Services Project gets extension to measure impacts of five-year project read more
Global Programs
Volunteer for one of these new Farmer-to-Farmer assignments! read more
Events
Jack Barnett, president of Clean Energy Co-op Inc., is this week’s guest on Everything Co-op read more
Impact
Hawaii co-op hits 100 percent renewables milestone read more
Community
Help Australian co-ops get back in business with a donation to CDF’s Disaster Recovery Fund read more
Community
First Everything Co-op of the year features Courtney Berner, Executive Director of UW Center for Cooperatives read more
Advocacy
Ahead of next week’s debate, where the Democratic candidates stand on cooperatives read more
Global Programs
Recipe for success: Agriculture and market-oriented projects are more successful when they address nutrition read more
Op-eds
An Amazon/Whole Foods co-op might not be in your future, but your local food co-op’s doors are wide open read more
Community
Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs teams up with Hanover Co-op to launch industry’s first reusable carton read more
Advocacy
With passage of RURAL Act, Congress preserves electric co-ops’ tax-exempt status read more
Events
Cathy Statz, Education Director of the Wisconsin Farmers Union, is this week’s guest on Everything Co-op read more
Advocacy
House preserves level RCDG funding, increases USAID’s Cooperative Development Program by $5 million read more
Events
DC-area stakeholders lift up Limited Equity Cooperatives as a solution to affordable housing crisis read more
Global Programs
Farmers in Madagascar are putting the 7 Cooperative Principles into action read more
Community
Cooperatives make a substantial contribution to achieving the SDGs, UN report says read more
Op-eds
ESOP or co-op? Depends on the long-term goal read more
Advocacy
At briefing on Capitol Hill, policymakers learn challenges and opportunities facing the nation’s 65,000 cooperatives read more
Impact
Aspen Institute proposes new path for rural prosperity: Elevating America’s “Rural Development Hubs” read more
Global Programs
Dominican livestock farmers bet on organic production read more
Global Programs
Cooperative stakeholders work together to improve Guatemala’s enabling environment for co-op development read more
Events
Roosevelt Institute’s Felicia Wong is this week’s guest on Everything Co-op read more
Community
Canadian architecture firm transitions to worker cooperative read more
Events
Learn how evidence, learning and practice intersect to impact lives worldwide read more
Global Programs
Resilience in the face of conflict and climate change top of mind at today’s Farmer-to-Farmer Implementing Partners Meeting read more
Global Programs
International Fair Trade Charter celebrates one year of building a more sustainable economy read more
Op-eds
Worker-owned apps are working to transform the gig economy read more
Community
Appalachian electric co-ops get $9.6 million for broadband in hard-hit coal country read more
Events
At inaugural heirs’ property conference, Federation of Southern Cooperatives will strengthen African-American land-ownership read more