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Mergers help farmers achieve $1bn income

The largest co-op in the US is unknown to most Americans — but it is a critical element of the country’s economy. CHS Inc. is a farmer-owned co-op headquartered in...

Cleveland co-op brings creativity to the fashion industry

Design Lab Inc, a design co-operative based in Cleveland, enables many designers and artists from...

Baby co-ops as an alternative to foster care

Baby co-operatives could provide a real alternative to foster care in the US according to Professor...

NCBA calls for small business administration lending programmes for food co-ops

The National Cooperative Business Association is advocating for changes to small business...

Land O'Lakes committed to reducing environmental impact

The second largest co-operative in the US, Land O Lakes, has cut their energy consumption by almost...

Co-operatives create 8,000 new jobs while unemployment hits record in Spain

At a time when more then six million people are unemployed across Spain, co-operatives have managed to not only maintain, but also increase the number of jobs by 7.2 ...

ICA launches website for Cape Town event

The official website for this year’s biggest global gathering for co-operators has been launched.

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Take part in research to help shape a new brand for co-operatives

Co-operatives around the world are being invited to take part in a research project to help influence the design of a global identity for the co-operative movement.

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Pope Francis: His fight against social injustice and human exploitation in Argentina

Latin America's first Pope is a strong supporter of co-operatives, who helped the Argentina movement fight against corruption, human trafficking and exploitation.

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President of the ICA, Dame Pauline Green and ICA Gender Equality Chair María Eugenia Pérez Zea released statements for International Women’s Day

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Co-operatives can empower all women — International Women's Day statements

Co-operatives can play a much larger role in supporting gender equality, said two leading women from the International Co-operative Alliance.

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Christiania Adulsei, a 58-year old cocoa farmer and member of Kuapa Kokoo co-op. Picture: Sophi Tranchell

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Join the campaign to fight for better treatment of women cocoa farmers

Oxfam America has launched a campaign to encourage the top three chocolate companies in the world to treat the women who grow and pick the cocoa better.

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The cover of the 'New Lanark: Spinning Lives' depicts orphan Fiona

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Historical book tells the tale of the co-operative movement's inspiration

There are hundreds of historical documents surrounding the revolutionary work done by Robert Owen and his father-in-law David Dale at the New Lanark Mills in Scotland. However for ...

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UN buys from Ethiopia's farmer co-operatives to feed local, starving people

Farmer co-operatives around Ethiopia are set to deliver one of the largest amounts of maize to a food development programme that will redistribute the food to ...