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A co-operative framework for regenerative agriculture

The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative includes more than 20 co-ops among its global membership

Malawi co-ops mark International Year of the Woman Farmer

Dr Sarah Alldred reports from the country's second National Cooperative Trade Fair

Cogeca: Sounding the alarm for Europe’s agri co-ops

Apex president Lennart Nilsson talks to Co-op News about the growing pressures on the farming industry

Guatemala: Collective responses to common challenges

A look at the Association for Agricultural and Microenterprise Development, established in 1998 to improve the…

Poet prepares a rallying call for this year’s Co-op Congress

We speak to Tony Walsh, whose poem This Beautiful Idea will be used for this year's…

Funding crisis stops Barefoot co-op training in its tracks

Specialist advisor Suzanne Orchard warns the root problem is a lack of funding to the co-operative…

What next for co-op education? Lessons from Icbec

Colin Talbot looks at the International Co-operative Business Education Consortium, which features on the next Co-op…

Cataloguing the long legacy of the UK’s Co-op College

Proposals to wind up the UK’s Co-operative College will bring to a sad end a vibrant…

Lessons in education from the Cooperative University of Kenya

We speak to Prof. Kamau Ngamau, vice chancellor of the Cooperative University of Kenya, about its…

Argentina’s co-operativas escolares: A case study in co-op education

In 1946, national legislation formally established the teaching of co-operativism and the creation of school co-operatives

UK retail co-ops face up to the rising cyber-crime threat

Co-op News catches up with Longwall Security, which works with a number of retail co-ops, about…

How do you give away power? The tricky question for Pride in Place

The £5bn government programme aims to revive 'left-behind' areas through grass-roots initiatives – but are communities genuinely…