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Community land trusts: Building a different kind of wealth

How the model is protecting US neighbourhoods from property speculation and gentrification

US electric co-ops work to restore power after ice storm

Co-operation among co-ops has once more come into play as crews scramble to help each other…

Barbados farming co-op to lead ‘major’ aloe vera project

A new farming co-op in St James North aims to boost local agriculture through producing higher-value…

How US electric co-ops are developing energy storage capacity

Projects include an innovative VRFB system, an alternative to lithium-ion batteries, being trialled by Georgia's Snapping…

Agri co-op CHS leases grain terminal to boost transport links

The facility, on the Mississippi in Illinois, offers prime harbour and railroad access, says the co-op

US credit unions fight to stop new credit card legislation

Sector apexes warn proposed legal changes would harm consumers, weaken data security, and reduce access to…

Puerto Rico’s first electric co-op cleared to run its microgrids

The regulator has given the hydroelectric and solar co-op the green light to begin operating its…

New generation of Canadian housing co-ops breaks ground

New sites include the country’s largest co-op housing development in more than 30 years

US credit unions welcome restored federal funding for CDFIs

The CDFI Fund, along with a rolling loan fund for credit unions, had been axed during…

Minnesota agri co-op members approve merger

The unification of Farmward and Ag Plus co-ops will allow them to pool technical expertise and…

How immigrants are creating a new world in the shell of the old

Luz Zambrano and Ann Philbin look at how co-operation is helping immigrants contribute to US society…

Why co-operatives are built to deal with crisis

Zuraidah Hoffman looks at the emergency response by co-ops to severe weather and floods in Jamaica,…