Author:  Dave Gutknecht The 2012 Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference on June 14–16 brought over 400 hundred cooperators to Philadelphia for speakers and training, friendship and celebration. Local sponsor Weavers Way Co-op showed off its two stores and extensive urban farming and gardening collaborations. Co-op board members made up the largest part of attendees, along with many general managers and department managers, plus ...

Friday saw the second meeting of open data and co-operative enthusiasts coming together to discuss co-operatives and open data in Manchester.

Cooperative leaders will be celebrating a unique International Cooperative Day on July 7, 2012, as it falls during the 2012 International Year of Cooperatives. Prominent figures from the cooperative movement and the UN have shown their support for the International Day and posted video messages praising the work of cooperatives globally. This includes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who praised the work of cooperatives saying, “by contributing to human dignity and global solidarity, ...