Nearly one-third of Americans (29 percent) say they belong to a consumer cooperative and 72 percent of Americans think cooperatives such as credit unions and rural electric co-ops are “helpful to consumers” with only 11 percent saying they are “unhelpful,” according to a new national survey. The survey was developed by the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and was administered to a representative sample of 1,008 adult Americans by ...

By Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 30 (IPS) - As the United Nations and countries around the world look at cooperatives as an alternative economic model for the production of energy, rural energy cooperatives have thrived for over eight decades in the U.S., and citizens in some parts of the country are beginning to reclaim them through the democratic process. There are more than 900 rural electric cooperatives, or Energy Membership Corporations (EMCs), providing ...

Deputy Chairman of planning commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s recent statement that tea would be the country’s national beverage has stirred controversy. While Tea companies have welcomed his statement calling it a well-deserved claim dairy industries have objected to milk being relegated to play second fiddle. The dairy giant Amul has expressed its sharp disagreement over Ahluwalia’s remark. The Amul officials have stressed that milk being a much favoured energy drink in the ...

“Cohesion at top is a unique feature of IFFCO and is the most important factor for its continued progress” said its Managing Director US Awasthi while talking to Indian Cooperative.com on Tuesday in Delhi. Cohesion at top percolates down to every member in our family of more than 40 thousand societies. What I mean by this is the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Board members and other top officials work as a unified team here. Nobody talks ills of others thereby releasing huge energy for the growth ...