Articles in Co-operatives

dotCooperation LLC is the organisation that oversees the management of the .coop domain name, the board that is part of this stretches right across the world. With an aim to be as diverse as possible, board members, who are all from co-...

The statue of former chairman of IFFCO Surender Jakhar was unveiled by  Shri N.P Patel at Surender Jakhar Bhawan in Gurgaon on Tuesday on the eve of his first death anniversary. The occasion was graced by cooperators in large number. Shri Balram...

When the Ecological Farmers of the Sierra Madres of Chiapas (CESMACH) found an important buyer to purchase their coffee, they were elated. “It was a dream come true,” Sixto Bonilla, export manager, says. “For a small-scale farmer organization to...

Fair Trade Resource Network (FTRN) & Survivors Connect (SC) announce the launch of iSpotFairTrade, a web-based map that allows anyone to identify where Fair Trade goods are bought and sold throughout the United States and Canada! iSpotFairTrade...

The National Cooperative Development Act has been introduced into the US Congress, which could inject $25 million into support cooperatives across the country. Introduced by Congressman Chaka Fattah, the Democratic representative for...

Supporters of the National Cooperative Development Act can encourage their political Representative to show a committment towards the legislation by filling in this form, powered by PopVox. The National Cooperative Business Association, which...

National Cooperative Development Act of 2011 Section by Section Summary SEC.1. SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as the "National Cooperative Development Act of 2011". SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 1. Lists the benefits of...

"In the age of unemployment, downsizing, and outsourcing, where can a poor soul find a job? Well, maybe it’s time we create our own. Self-employment is an option and can seem freeing, but it’s hard to do everything yourself and find time for a non-...

On December 7th, Francisco VanDerhoffBoersma, co-founder of the first fair trade certifying body, Max Havelaar, and the renowned small farmer co-operative in Mexico, UCIRI (Union of Indigenous Communities of the Region of Isthmus)  submitted the...

In a recent report to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development. The report, which illustrates the contributions of all cooperatives to the...

The following Action Alert was written by our friends at Fair World Project on November 28, 2011. Take Action! Send a letter to Fair Trade USA, Fairtrade International and IMO and urge them to continue supporting small coffee farmers by not...

Fairtrade International (FLO), the product certification system associated with around 90% of all Fair Trade products sold annually around the world, released its 2010 data for sales by consumer country and by product sector. While globally sales...