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Usaid launches $6m rural financial inclusion programme in Guatemala

The programme will be implemented by NCBA Clusa

Calgary Co-op to acquire Care Pharmacies

The co-op says the acquisition falls in line with its focus on growth in health and…

Plans announced for biggest co-op housing development in Ontario, Canada

Partners on the project, which will deliver more than 900 homes, include the Co-operative Housing Federation…

Artisans Cooperative: Makers making their own marketplace

'There are a lot of people with various diversities, differences, disabilities, and everyone is accepted and…

Research fellowships offered on co-op principles in the digital economy

The year-long fellowship is offered by the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy, at the New…

Q&A – Ruth Diaz, president of Coopfenamutra

'This has been a year of success, as we have grown in membership with a portfolio…

End of year Q&A: Nathan Schneider, organiser, Exit to Community

'Without generalised, large-scale capital access for mutualist enterprise, the rising generation of the co‑operative movement will…

Five co-op support bodies receive grants from USDA rural funds

Awardees include Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Democracy at Work Institute, North Dakota Association of Rural Electric…

Platform Cooperativism conference in India charts new course for digital equality

The event issued the Thiruvananthapuram Declaration calling for shared ownership of technological resources to foster inclusive,…

Five US co-op leaders inducted into Cooperative Hall of Fame

'This year’s inductees represent the breadth and inclusiveness of the co-operative sector in addressing the needs…

Co-op News Christmas gift guide

A selection of ethical gifts

US Congress considers bill to boost rural areas through co-op investment

The bill is backed by NCBA CLUSA, the national apex for co-ops