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22 February '12

Articles in Youth

Co-ops are Big: Charles Gould on the Int'l Year of the Co-op
News Article

Neal Gorenflo

 + Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Credit Unions, Democracy, Energy, Financial, Mutuals, Housing, Social Enterprise, Youth, Economy, Global News, Society

Create post Think you know what big business looks like? Think again. According to Charles Gould, Director-General of the International Cooperative Association, cooperatives are poised to be the fastest growing business...

Students Harvest the Benefits of Cooperation
News Article

Andrew McLeod

 and others + Agriculture, Co-operatives, Community, Consumer, Democracy, Energy, Environment, Housing, Social Enterprise, Youth, Society

In 2009, the Jackson Electric Cooperative decided to make use of eight acres of long-idle farmland behind its headquarters in Black River Falls, Wisc.  The co-op offered use of the land to a chapter of FFA, a student organization that...